COUC 546 Quiz 2 Addictive Disorders

COUC 546 Quiz 2 Addictive Disorders

COUC 546 Quiz 2: Addictive Disorders, Schizophrenia Spectrum, Psychotic Disorders

1. Every winter for the past 3 years, Natalie has felt extremely depressed for a period of months and been unable to keep up with her responsibilities because of her low energy and difficulty concentrating. She always appears to feel better by early spring and is at her best during the summer. Which of the following diagnoses would best fit Natalie?
2. Which of the following treatments for seasonal affective disorder is the first-line recommendation in the American Psychiatric Association treatment guidelines for depression?
3. Current views of the etiology of depressive disorders focus
4. Across psychotherapeutic paradigms, treatment of bipolar disorder often includes which intervention, which is known to increase the likelihood that an individual will take medication as instructed?
5. Studies suggest that, with respect to the treatment of depression, interpersonal psychotherapy
6. Which of the following disorders is newly included in DSM-5 and related to the DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of dysthymia?
7. Pleasure, motivation, and energy decrease in depression and increase in mania. This pattern suggests neurological changes in the
8. Flight of ideas is characterized by
9. Scott has bipolar disorder. Which medication is the most likely to be prescribed?
10. When an individual with schizophrenia shows a blunted affect, that individual
11. Recent research has found that those with schizophrenia have structural and functional abnormalities in the
12. When Marcia heard that her favorite cat had been hit by a car and killed, she giggled loudly. This is an example of
13. An excess of dopamine activity appears to be related mainly to
14. The observation that schizophrenia is diagnosed more often among African Americans than among whites is believed to reflect
15. The hallucinations most commonly experienced by those with schizophrenia are
16. According to DSM-5, the diagnosis of schizophrenia requires that symptoms be present for at least
17. The NAVIGATE treatment focuses on
18. Heavy drinking is defined as consuming
19. Jared is receiving guided self-change therapy for his alcohol abuse. He is learning strategies for controlling his behaviors associated with drinking and for controlling his drinking. In such a program, which of the following might occur?
20. Cocaine is classified as a(n)
21. One of the difficulties in conducting studies of the specific effects of methamphetamine is that
22. Pharmacologic treatment for opiate addiction often involves
23. Evidence from animal studies suggests that opioids may achieve their pleasurable effects via their action in the
24. Hashish is
25. Results from a longitudinal study involving close to 300,000 people found that those who smoked as little as how many cigarettes per day were more likely to die from any cause than those who never smoked?

Set 2

1. Wanda drinks frequently and requires more alcohol now than she did six months ago to achieve the same effect. She reports that she can out-drink most people. Wanda is probably
2. Which of the following describes the relationship between depression and suicide?
3. Schizophrenia is diagnosed more frequently among:
4. When people with schizophrenia are hearing voices, one of the parts of the brain that appears to be activated is
5. Connie is receiving psychological therapy for schizophrenia. A major focus has been practicing more effective methods for dealing with others, as well as basic life skills such as ordering in restaurants, filling out applications for employment, and reading train schedules. She is likely receiving
6. Schizophrenia most commonly appears in
7. Cook grew up in severely impoverished circumstances. His mother was unmarried and homeless, and Mr. Cook and his six siblings lived on the streets or in shelters for most of their childhood. They had little formal education or opportunity to make progress in the world. After 17 years of this life, Mr. Cook had his first psychotic episode while digging through a trashcan looking for food for his mother; he heard voices telling him to take off his clothes and eat them. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Cook was picked up by police, taken to a psychiatric hospital, and diagnosed as schizophrenic. Mr. Cook’s story fits the __________ theory of social class and schizophrenia.
8. Which of the following are medical problems associated with long-term cigarette smoking?
9. Carlos has schizophrenia and is living with his parents. One of his symptoms is a difficulty initiating any activity, and once started, he is unable to finish. This is an example of
10. Heroin is broadly classified as a
11. An exaggerated sense of importance, power, knowledge, or identity is known as a
12. Roger has a vacant stare. He answers questions in an apathetic, monotone voice, and shows no emotion, even when discussing such events as his mother’s death. Roger’s affect would be described as
13. All of the following are mood disorders in the DSM-5 except:
14. Which of the following disorders has the highest heritability estimates?
15. Mindfulness-based therapy is
16. Which of the following disorders is newly included in the DSM-5?
17. In both animals and humans, too much cortisol appears to produce
18. Which of the following persons will be most affected by two ounces of alcohol?
19. Kyle is a 55 year old male from Maine who presents with the symptoms of depression consistently over the same months every year. During these times he sleeps longer and suffers from lower appetite and energy. The best diagnosis that describes his condition is
20. Jill is seeking treatment for depression, which started after she ended a long-term relationship. Which of the following would be a global depressive attribution she might make?
21. Alcohol dependence is particularly high among which of the following groups?
22. Which of the following statements is correct?
23. Howard had a psychotic episode following the death of his wife. He had hallucinations in which he would hear her speaking to him, telling him to kill himself. Howard developed elaborate delusions about his ability to communicate with his wife’s spirit. Howard recovered from this episode after one week and had no further symptoms What DSM-5 diagnosis would fit Howard’s case?
24. Families with a member with schizophrenia are now encouraged to
25. Which of the following is not considered a common symptom of depression?

Set 3

1. Jill is seeking treatment for depression, which started after she ended a long- term relationship. Which of the following would be a global depressive attribution she might make?
2. Cognitive enhancement therapy seeks to
3. Stressful life events appear to be a causal factor in depression, on the basis of research showing that
4. Kyle is a 55 year old male from Maine who presents with the symptoms of depression consistently over the same months every year. During these times he sleeps longer and suffers from lower appetite and energy. The best diagnosis that describes his condition is
5. All of the following are characteristics of Electro Convulsive Therapy EXCEPT
6. Which of the following disorders is newly included in the DSM-5?
7. In bipolar disorder, depressive episodes are typically triggered by
8. Wanda drinks frequently and requires more alcohol now than she did six months ago to achieve the same effect. She reports that she can out-drink most people. Wanda is probably
9. Jack reports being in a wonderful mood. He has been very active at work lately, even working far into the night, as he seems to need only a few hours of sleep at night. He is very talkative and quickly moves from one topic to another, describing a scheme he has for making a fortune in the stock market. These behaviors represent a change from Jack’s normal behaviors and have caused severe functional impairment. He reports no previous periods like this. Which of the following diagnoses would best fit Jack?
10. In both animals and humans, too much cortisol appears to produce
11. Howard had a psychotic episode following the death of his wife. He had hallucinations in which he would hear her speaking to him, telling him to kill himself. Howard developed elaborate delusions about his ability to communicate with his wife’s spirit. Howard recovered from this episode after one week and had no further symptoms What DSM-5 diagnosis would fit Howard’s case?
12. Which of the following is an ongoing issue in the care of patients with schizophrenia?
13. Carlos has schizophrenia and is living with his parents. One of his symptoms is a difficulty initiating any activity, and once started, he is unable to finish. This is an example of
14. Cook grew up in severely impoverished circumstances. His mother was unmarried and homeless, and Mr. Cook and his six siblings lived on the streets or in shelters for most of their childhood. They had little formal education or opportunity to make progress in the world. After 17 years of this life, Mr. Cook had his first psychotic episode while digging through a trashcan looking for food for his mother; he heard voices telling him to take off his clothes and eat them. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Cook was picked up by police, taken to a psychiatric hospital, and diagnosed as schizophrenic. Mr. Cook’s story fits the __________ theory of social class and schizophrenia.
15. Mindfulness-based therapy is
16. “My thoughts get all jumbled up. I start thinking or talking about one thing but then by the time I get to the end of the sentence, I find myself talking about something else instead.” This is an example of which of the following symptoms of schizophrenia?
17. Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder involves
18. A possible side-effect of antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia is akathisia,
19. In regard to studies identifying chromosomal locations of genes involved in schizophrenia,
20. Which of the following statements is true?
21. Tim works at a law firm where he is expected to bring in a large number of cases each week. He has been working at this job for five years, typically putting in 70 hours a week. He has begun to experience irritability and has begun to drink alcohol in the evening in order to get to sleep. Based on this information, if he were taking any other drug, it would most likely be
22. Lizzie has a depressive disorder. Which medication from the list below is NOT LIKELY to be prescribed?
23. Which of the following is not considered a common symptom of depression?
24. Which of the following persons will be most affected by two ounces of alcohol?
25. Which of the following describes the relationship between depression and suicide?