Exam 16: Specific Disorders and Treatments

Someone with schizophrenia is told to take a neuroleptic drug. For how long will the psychiatrist probably recommend that the person continue to take the drug?

Depression with a seasonal pattern

Which of these drugs is often used to help alcoholics quit using alcohol?

The most common treatment for bipolar disorder is

Panic disorder is frequently linked with:

Other things being equal, people are most likely to develop phobias of objects that are

In a contingency management approach to treating alcoholism or other drug dependency, a therapist

Which type of schizophrenic person is most characterized by silly or odd behavior?

In the early stages of addiction, a brief period of abstention produces

One serious disadvantage of using antidepressant drugs to relieve depression is that

Prolonged use of phencyclidine ("angel dust") can mimic the symptoms of __________. This is consistent with the __________ hypothesis of the disease.

Most, if not all, highly addictive substances have one property in common:

Someone with schizophrenia deteriorates in everyday functioning and has

Some alcoholics repeatedly try and fail to abstain from drinking. This has led some therapists to establish an approach that concentrates on decreasing the frequency of drug use and minimizing the harmful consequences to health and well-being. This approach is called

For which of the following disorders is it typical for the sufferer to enter REM sleep much more quickly than normal after falling asleep?

The form of therapy that focuses on coping with difficulties (such as death of a loved one or marital problems) the client presently faces or faced in the recent past is known as

Unlike traditional antipsychotic drugs, the newer atypical antipsychotic drugs

People with bipolar I disorder

Most, if not all, highly addictive substances have one property in common:

People are more likely to develop phobias of what kind of object?