Exam 1: Examples and Definitions of Abnormal Behavior

Epidemiological evidence suggests that which of the following factors is an important ingredient in establishing risk for developing an eating disorder?

George completed five years of graduate school that led to a Psy.D. degree. He is now completing a one-year internship at a mental health clinic. What type of mental health professional is George?

Over the course of the 1800s the number of mental hospitals in the United States and the number of patients in those hospitals

What was the rationale for deliberately injecting mentally ill patients with malaria?

All of the following are disorders that are more common in women than men except

The case of Kevin Warner was presented in the text as an example of the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Which of Kevin's symptoms strongly suggested that he had lost touch with reality, which is the defining feature of schizophrenia?

The presence of more than one condition within the same time period is known as

How might a practitioner of moral treatment describe this approach?

Applying the concept of harmful dysfunction to the case of Kevin Warner, we can emphasize Kevin's failures of which of the following mental mechanisms?

The DSM definition of mental disorder excludes all of the following EXCEPT

What is one of the signs of the possible presence of bingeing and purging that was noticed in the case of Mary?

A woman who is unable to achieve orgasm and who lives in a society that discourages female sexuality would probably not be given the DSM diagnosis of female orgasmic disorder because

To Samuel Woodward, superintendent of Worcester Lunatic Hospital in the 1800s, heavy drinking, masturbation, overwork, faulty education, and excessive ambitions were viewed as

What is the best definition of a case study?

Two terms are particularly important in epidemiological research, incidence and __________.

What has research on disease burden found concerning the relative impact of medical illnesses and mental disorders?

During the 1920s and 1930s several somatic treatments were widely used to treat mental disorders. Give a brief description of the procedure and the rationale for the following: fever therapy, insulin coma therapy, and lobotomy.

In research on disease burden, the disability associated with schizophrenia is considered to be comparable to that associated with

While searching through old records of patients at the mental hospital you come across one with a notation "Lobotomy performed on 2/3/52." Because you are not sure what this means, you ask the staff. What are they likely to tell you?

What is one of the primary limitations of case studies?