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Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Chpt 22 Psychiatry

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