Mental Health and Illness Review Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental concepts of mental health and mental illness, examining a range of psychological disorders and the factors that contribute to their development. Students will learn about the biological, psychological, and social influences on mental health, diagnostic criteria, and the impact of mental illness on individuals and communities. The course also covers approaches to prevention, intervention, and support, as well as current issues and debates in mental health care. Through case studies and reflective activities, students will develop a deeper understanding of the importance of mental health awareness and the ways in which stigma can be reduced.
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Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach 5th Edition by David H. Barlow
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context
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Q1) Ron has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized.What would Thomas Szasz MOST likely argue?
A) Ron should not be hospitalized because doing so will only make his symptoms worse.
B) Ron's behaviour does not represent an illness like diabetes, and "schizophrenia" is merely a label applied on the basis of highly subjective judgments.
C) Ron's schizophrenia is a serious illness that is best treated with a combination of drugs and family therapy.
D) Ron should be assessed further because mistakes in diagnosis are made frequently.
Answer: B
Q2) According to psychoanalytic theory,the id operates according to the pleasure principle.What does that mean?
A) It utilizes secondary-process thinking.
B) It thinks in an unemotional, logical, and rational manner.
C) It is sexual, aggressive, selfish, and envious.
D) It adheres to social rules and regulations.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
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Q1) Jeffrey is writing a paper on philosophical theories of morality.Which part of Jeffrey's brain would a PET scan show to be most active at this time?
A) the hindbrain
B) the cerebral cortex
C) the midbrain
D) the limbic system
Answer: B
Q2) You read in the newspaper that a mother lifted a car to free her trapped child.Which of the mother's systems was highly activated to perform this feat?
A) the central nervous system
B) the sympathetic nervous system
C) the limbic system
D) the parasympathetic nervous system
Answer: B
Q3) Name three important neurotransmitters and describe what impact each one is thought to have on human experience.
Answer: Student responses will vary.
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) What organization publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
A) the International Medical Association
B) the American Psychological Association
C) the American Psychiatric Association
D) the National Institute of Mental Health
Answer: C
Q2) With respect to monitoring procedures,which of the following is an example of the reactivity phenomenon?
A) On parents' visiting day in a classroom, the previously well-behaved children continue to show good behaviour.
B) A man quits smoking after his father dies of lung cancer.
C) After joining a fitness club, a woman stops exercising in her home and instead walks two kilometres a day by herself.
D) A man begins to eat less after joining a clinic weight-loss program in which each participant's weight is recorded weekly by a staff member.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) A confound in a study makes the results uninterpretable.What does it affect?
A) testability
B) test-retest reliability
C) internal validity
D) external validity
Q2) Explain the importance of studying cross-cultural psychopathology.Describe at least two significant obstacles to studying a disorder across different cultures.
Q3) What is the advantage of using a withdrawal design as part of a single-case experiment?
A) The researcher can determine whether improvements gained with treatment are lost when the treatment is withheld.
B) The researcher can counterbalance the research design with additional measures to improve internal and external validity.
C) The researcher can conduct a true double-blind experiment.
D) The researcher can control for the placebo effect.
Q4) Describe the differences between the statistical and clinical significance of research findings.Explain why it is important to make a distinction between statistical and clinical significance when interpreting research findings.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety,Trauma-Related,and
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
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Q1) Define social phobia.Explain how social phobia differs from "normal" shyness.Using illustrative examples,describe how social anxiety impairs functioning.What types of treatments are effective for social phobia?
Q2) At what age does social phobia usually begin,and when does it end?
A) It usually begins in young adulthood and ends in middle age.
B) It usually begins in childhood and ends in middle age.
C) It usually begins in middle age and ends in old age.
D) It usually begins in adolescence and ends in old age.
Q3) Recent research has increasingly focused on the role of a neurotransmitter system associated with both anxiety and depression.What neurotransmitter system is this?
A) the GABA-benzodiazepine system
B) the corticotropin-releasing factor system
C) the serotonergic system
D) the noradrenergic system
Q4) Discuss panic disorder,including symptoms and causes.Explain the concepts of biological vulnerability and generalized psychological vulnerability and their contributions to the development of this disorder.
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Chapter 6: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) What sort of sexual behaviour do "alters" exhibit?
A) They rarely have sexual relationships.
B) They usually have sex more frequently than the host.
C) They will have sexual relationships if it is beneficial to the host personality for them to do so.
D) There is no set pattern of sexual activity in alters.
Q2) Somatization disorder and antisocial personality disorder are often associated with gender.Which of the following best describes this relationship?
A) Somatization disorder is more common among males, and it reflects high dependency.
B) Somatization disorder is more common among females, and it reflects high dependency.
C) Somatization disorder is more common among males, and it reflects high aggression.
D) Somatization disorder is more common among females, and it reflects high aggression.
Q3) Describe the differences and similarities between depersonalization and derealization.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) The best evidence that genes have something to do with mood disorders comes from twin studies.The concordance rates of identical twins are compared with those of fraternal twins.What have studies shown the concordance rates in mood disorders are associated with?
A) age at first episode; the higher the age of onset, the higher the concordance rate
B) severity; if one twin has had three or more major depressive episodes, the chances of his or her twin presenting with a mood disorder is greater
C) age at first episode; the lower the age of onset, the higher the concordance rate
D) response to treatment; if one twin responded poorly to treatment, the chances of his or her twin presenting with a mood disorder is greater
Q2) Which herbal treatment has recently gained considerable interest as a treatment for depression?
A) milk thistle
B) St. John's wort (hypericum)
C) gingko biloba
D) saw palmetto
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Chapter 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders
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Q1) Dr.Mukherjee conducts research on eating disorders.Which of the following will be typical of participants in Dr.Mukherjee's research?
A) lower intelligence and higher income
B) upper socioeconomic status
C) lower socioeconomic status
D) higher intelligence and higher income
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a medical complication related to bulimia?
A) sudden death
B) food refusal
C) renal failure
D) calluses on the fingers
Q3) What does the term "stimulus control" refer to when discussing sleep?
A) using the bedroom only for sleeping and for sex
B) keeping noise to a minimum during the sleeping hours
C) quietly listening to the radio while trying to fall asleep
D) decorating the bedroom in neutral shades and a minimum of furniture
Q4) Describe the psychological treatments that are generally used for the treatment of primary insomnia.
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology
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Q1) What appears to be the only effective prevention strategy currently available for reducing the spread of AIDS?
A) a vaccine
B) educating people about the risk of the disease
C) medications
D) changing high-risk behaviour
Q2) When is a person infected with HIV most likely to receive an AIDS diagnosis?
A) after the infection is discovered
B) upon the development of AIDS-related complex
C) only after the development of one of several serious diseases (e.g., wasting syndrome)
D) when the physician decides that they are psychologically prepared for the diagnosis
Q3) Why do clinicians use physiological monitoring equipment in biofeedback procedures?
A) to help the clinicians track changes in muscular tension
B) to make the responses visible and/or audible to the patient
C) to make the responses tactile to the patient
D) to ensure patients properly interpret the clinician's instructions
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Chapter 10: Sexual Dysfunctions,Paraphilic Disorders,and Gender Dysphoria
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Q1) Vasodilating drugs such as papaverine and prostaglandin are used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.How are these drugs delivered to the patient?
A) by injection into the arm or hip
B) by injection directly into the penis
C) in a capsule taken orally
D) as a dietary supplement
Q2) Approximately what percentage of women report significant difficulty reaching orgasm?
A) 5 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 40 percent
Q3) What is the most common of all the male sexual dysfunctions?
A) inhibited orgasm
B) erectile dysfunction
C) premature (early) ejaculation
D) sexual aversion
Q4) Describe the symptoms of three different forms of paraphilia.What do all paraphilias have in common?
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Chapter 11: Substance-Related,Addictive,and
Impulse-Control Disorders
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Q1) Dr.Reid is studying the efficacy of Gamblers Anonymous.What has she found to be necessary in order for the program to work?
A) The group leader must be a former gambler.
B) The gambler must have a desire to quit gambling before they start treatment.
C) The gambler must be financially stable
D) The treatment must occur in an psychiatric facility.
Q2) The most common of the psychoactive substances is used by 90 percent of North Americans.What is it?
A) nicotine
B) caffeine
C) alcohol
D) marijuana
Q3) Yesterday,you took a couple of aspirin tablets.In behaviourist terms,what is aspirin?
A) a positive reinforcer
B) a neutral reinforcer
C) a negative reinforcer
D) a variable reinforcer
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Jamie keeps to himself because he is anxious and fearful of rejection.Which personality disorder is he most likely to be diagnosed with?
A) avoidant personality disorder
B) antisocial personality disorder
C) schizoid personality disorder
D) dependent personality disorder
Q2) What does the psychological treatment that has been found to be most effective in helping patients with borderline personality disorder involve?
A) learning to cope with life stressors in a more effective manner
B) regressing patients to the time in their lives when they experienced trauma
C) removing the reinforcing attention that they have received for their disordered behaviour in the past
D) changing maladaptive attitudes about the patient himself or herself, and others
Q3) Explain why we might we see a marriage between a man with narcissistic personality disorder and a woman with dependent personality disorder.Assume that the woman enters therapy and successfully becomes more independent.Speculate how her narcissistic husband might react to her improvement and growing independence.
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) In contrast to retrospective research,which is based on after-the-fact reports,what is the purpose of prospective research studies of patients with schizophrenia?
A) They look at brain-imaging diagnostic tests to determine if patients with schizophrenia have structural neurological defects.
B) They examine factors that predict the occurrence or recurrence of schizophrenic symptoms in the future.
C) They assess recovery rates in patients with schizophrenia who have taken different medications.
D) They compare genetic, biological, and social etiological factors to try to determine inheritance patterns in offspring of parents with schizophrenia.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a typical,minor side effect of antipsychotic medications?
A) blurred vision
B) grogginess
C) headaches
D) dryness of the mouth
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Chapter 14: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Q1) Alvin is a ten-year-old boy diagnosed with a mathematics disorder.What will his treatment plan most likely involve?
A) teaching him different strategies to strengthen areas where he has difficulty
B) helping him to excel in other areas to compensate for his deficits in mathematics
C) teaching him relaxation skills to reduce his math anxiety
D) giving him exercises to help develop the behavioural skill of reading aloud
Q2) How does attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)develop as children grow into adulthood?
A) Manifestations of ADHD tend to change over time, but many problems often persist.
B) Specific symptoms remain relatively stable throughout the life span for most individuals.
C) ADHD tends to evolve into more severe forms of pathology.
D) Children tend to outgrow ADHD.
Q3) Describe a typical treatment plan for a ten-year-old girl with an intellectual disability and an IQ of 65.What are appropriate treatment goals? What treatment methods have been found to be successful to meet these goals?
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Chapter 15: Neurocognitive Disorders
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Q1) What is the outcome for patients with neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease?
A) variable depending on the individual response to treatment
B) stabilization at some level of greatly reduced cognitive ability
C) slow recovery
D) death
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a psychological or social factor influencing the risk for developing neurocognitive disorder?
A) level of formal education
B) diet
C) personality traits, such as hostility
D) participation in sports such as boxing
Q3) Which chromosome was first linked to the onset of Alzheimer's disease?
A) 2
B) 14
C) 19
D) 21
Q4) Describe the typical causes of delirium and how it is treated.
Q5) What are some of the issues that caregivers must face when dealing with a patient with Alzheimer's disease?
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Chapter 16: Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) According to Canadian law,who can raise the issue of "not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder" (NCRMD)at any time,and who can raise the possibility of NCRMD only after the defendant has been found guilty or after the defence raises the issue of the defendant's mental state?
A) defendant and prosecution, respectively
B) government and psychiatrist, respectively
C) prosecution and defendant, respectively
D) defendant and psychiatrist, respectively
Q2) Fatima is has a mental illness.She has the legal right to treatment.What else does she have a legal right to?
A) hospital treatment for as long as it takes to stabilize
B) the least restrictive treatment option possible
C) to refuse treatment even if she is at risk for harming herself or others
D) to choose the facility where she will receive treatment
Q3) Discuss the role and responsibilities of the expert witness in criminal court cases.Explain how the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)is used to assess the possibility of malingering.Describe its effectiveness as well as one caution provided by recent research.
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