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Study Guide - CH 22
Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Chpt 22 Psychiatry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1) A forensic psychiatrist specializes in | Legal aspects of psychiatry |
| 2) Which of the following best describes one of the roles of a clinical psychologist? | uses tests to measure mental health and intelligence |
| 3) Which of the following is a mood disorder? | Manic-depressive illness |
| 4) A term that describes an exaggerated feeling of well-being is? | Euphoria |
| 5) An uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly is (a)? | compulsion |
| 6) Preoccupation with one's self and lack of responsiveness to others is a characteristic of | Autism |
| 7) False or unreal sensory perceptions are called | Hallucinations |
| 8) What best describes repression? | defense mechanism in which unacceptable thoughts are pushed into the unconscious |
| 9) Fear of leaving one's home is: | agoraphobia |
| 10) Which [of the following] Psychotherapies uses free association and transference? | Psychoanalysis |
| 11) alternating moods of exalted feelings and excitement with moods of extreme sadness and decreased activity | bipolar disorder |
| 12) Short depressive periods and moods with no psychotic features | hypomania |
| 13) Numerous periods of mania and depression, but not of long duration; no psychotic features | Cyclothymic disorder |
| 14) Resembling mania, but not as severe | Dysthymic disorder |
| 15) Severe dysphoric mood with psychotic features | Major Depression |
| 16) Grandiose sense of self-importance and preoccupation with fantasies of success and power | narcissistic |
| 17) Continually suspicious and mistrustful of other people | Paranoid |
| 18) No loyalty or concern for others; without moral standards | Antisocial |
| 19) Emotionally cold and aloof; indifferent to praise or criticism and to the feeligns of others | Schizoid |
| 20) Emotional, immature, and dependent; irrational outbursts and flamboyant behavior | Histrionic |
| 21) Mental symptoms such as amnesia hide the pain and anxiety of unconcscious conflicts | dissociative disorder |
| 22) Physical symptoms appear as a defense against overwhelming anxiety | Conversion disorder |
| 23) General preoccupation with bodily aches and pains and irrational fear about one's health | hypochondriasis |
| 24) Psychological factors such as anxiety, anger, and fear produce unrealistic body image and reluctance to eat | Anorexia nervosa |
| 25) Fear of obesity in which binge eating is followed by induced vomiting | bulimia nervosa |
| 26) loss of memory | amnesia |
| 27) state of excessive excitability; agitation | mania |
| 28) A non-reactive state; stupor | mutism |
| 29) Persistent idea, emotion, or urge | obsession |
| 30) uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly | compulsion |
| 31) Feelings of apprehension, uneasiness, dread | anxiety |
| 32) Uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object and redirected | dissociation |
| 33) Anxiety becomes a bodily symptom that has no organic basis | conversion |
| 34) Lack of responsiveness to others; preoccupied with self | autism |
| 35) Absence of emotions | apathy |
| 36) False or unreal sensory perception | hallucination |
| 37) fixed, false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence | delusion |