Deck 15: Mental and Behavioral Health

Question 1

Echolalia is an effort to conceal a gap in memory by fabricating detailed, often believable stories.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The American Medical Association publishes the DSM.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Schizophrenic disorders are characterized by fundamental distortions of thinking and perception, coupled with inappropriate or blunted affects.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

DSM stands for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Question 5

A delusion is a persistent belief in a demonstrable untruth.

Question 6

ODD is an example of a conduct disorder.

Question 7

DSM codes are coordinated with the International Classification of Diseases.

Question 8

Euthymia is a normal range of moods and emotions.

Question 9

A flat affect is present when an individual shows no emotional expression.

Question 10

Any unreal sensory perception that occurs with no external cause is an illusion.

Question 11

A dissociation with or impaired perception of reality that may include hallucinations, delusions, incoherence, akathisia, and/or disorganized behavior is catatonia.

Question 12

A delusion is an inaccurate sensory perception based on a real stimulus.

Question 13

Libido is an abnormal psychologic impulse drive.

Question 14

Akathisia is the ability to remain calm, still, and free of anxiety.

Question 15

Catatonia is a paralysis from psychologic or emotional causes.

Question 16

A patient who rapidly changes from anger to anxiety to dysphoria would be demonstrating a labile affect.

Question 17

Behavior refers to observable, measurable activities that can be used to evaluate treatment.

Question 18

People with agoraphobia fear enclosed spaces.

Question 19

An inability to remain calm, still, and free of anxiety is psychosis.

Question 20

People with anthropophobia have a fear of leaving home and entering crowded places.

Question 21

The MMPI uses drawings to analyze an individual's personality.

Question 22

Patients with SAD are depressed because of decreased exposure to sunlight.

Question 23

A DAP test is an assessment of personality by means of a patient's drawings of male and female individuals.

Question 24

People with acrophobia have a fear of heights.

Question 25

Persons with panic disorder have recurrent, unpredictable attacks of severe anxiety not restricted to any particular situation.

Question 26

Patients with hypomania have an inappropriate elevation of mood.

Question 27

Somatoform disorders are marked by unfounded physical complaints by the patient.

Question 28

Borderline personality disorder manifests as a complete lack of interest in social obligations.

Question 29

Kleptomania is an uncontrollable impulse to set fires.

Question 30

Persons with obsessive-compulsive disorder have recurrent, distressing preoccupations or are driven to perform specific rituals.

Question 31

Stimulants are used to increase alertness.

Question 32

Patients who develop multiple personalities as a maladaptive means of coping with severe stress are exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

Question 33

Cyclothymia is a mild, chronic depression.

Question 34

ECT is a form of light therapy.

Question 35

An adjustment disorder tends to occur during periods of stressful life changes.

Question 36

Psychoanalysis analyzes and treats any dysfunctional effects of unconscious factors on a patient's mental state.

Question 37

The WAIS is an IQ test.

Question 38

PTSD is an extended emotional response to a traumatic event.

Question 39

Pedophilia is a sexual perversion fixated on the feet as an object of stimulus for sexual arousal and pleasure.

Question 40

One type of somatoform disorder is illness anxiety disorder.

Question 41

The O in OCD stands for "obsessive."

Question 42

A mild, chronic depression of mood that lasts for years but is not severe enough to justify a diagnosis of depression is ____________________.

Question 43

The H in ADHD stands for "hypoactive."

Question 44

The A in SAD stands for "affective."

Question 45

Fear of leaving home and entering crowded places is ____________________.

Question 46

Fear of heights is ____________________.

Question 47

The condition of abnormal development of social interaction, impaired communication, and repetitive behaviors is ____________________.

Question 48

The term for sleepwalking is ____________________.

Question 49

Fundamental distortions of thinking and perception, coupled with affects that are inappropriate or blunted are characteristic of _____________________.

Question 50

Persons with the eating disorder characterized by a prolonged refusal to eat adequate amounts of food have ____________________ nervosa.

Question 51

Any unreal sensory perception that occurs with no external cause is a(n) ____________________.

Question 52

PTSD is ____________________ stress disorder.

Question 53

Fear of scrutiny by other people, also called social phobia, is ____________________.

Question 54

The S in PTSD stands for "seasonal."

Question 55

Fear of enclosed spaces is ____________________.

Question 56

An exaggerated sense of physical and emotional well-being not based on reality is ____________________.

Question 57

A condition of being without pleasure is ____________________.

Question 58

The term for the normal psychologic impulse drive associated with sensuality, creativity, or desire is ____________________.

Question 59

The A in GAD stands for "attention."

Question 60

Anxiolytics are used to treat anxiety.

Question 61

An uncontrollable impulse to set fires is ____________________.

Question 62

In GAD, the A stands for ____________________.

Question 63

BP stands for ____________________ disorder.

Question 64

Persons with the eating disorder characterized by eating large quantities of food and then purging have ____________________ nervosa.

Question 65

In SAD, the A stands for ____________________.

Question 66

A drug generally intended to exert a calming effect is a ____________________.

Question 67

A relentless drive to achieve sexual orgasm in the male is ____________________.

Question 68

A drug whose effect is to relieve symptoms of anxiety is an ____________________.

Question 69

Removal of a chemical substance as an initial step in treatment of a chemically dependent individual is termed ____________________.

Question 70

In ODD, the O stands for ____________________.

Question 71

TAT means ____________________.

Question 72

A paraphilia in which an individual derives sexual pleasure by surreptitiously watching individuals engaged in intimate behavior is ____________________.

Question 73

A projective test using inkblots to determine the person's ability to integrate intellectual and emotional factors in his or her perception of the environment is a ____________________.

Question 74

An uncontrollable urge to steal is ____________________.

Question 75

A preference for sexual activity that involves inflicting or receiving pain and/or humiliation is ____________________.

Question 76

In ADHD, the H stands for ____________________.

Question 77

An uncontrollable urge to pull out one's hair by the roots is ____________________.

Question 78

Reliance on an object as a stimulus for sexual arousal and pleasure is ____________________.

Question 79

SAD is ____________________.

Question 80

A relentless drive to achieve sexual orgasm in the female is ____________________.