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1
Q

Which mental illness is identified as “a major contributor to the global burden of disease” by the National
Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)?

A

Depression

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2
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Which of the following terms refers to the scientific study of people who are atypical or unusual, with the
intent to be able to reliably predict, explain, diagnose, identify the causes of, and treat maladaptive
behavior?

A

a. Abnormal psychology

b. Psychopathology

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3
Q

Stacy’s daughter has recently been diagnosed with severe MDD and GAD. Stacy hasn’t told anyone about
her daughter’s diagnosis out of fear that others will judge or reject her because of her daughter’s
condition, or even blame her for it. This is an example of:

A

Courtesy stigma

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4
Q

The leader of the moral treatment movement was ______ who advocated for more respect, moral
guidance, and humane treatment of individuals will mental illness.

A

Phillipe Pinel

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5
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What are the three forms of stigma?

A

Public stigma, label avoidance and self-stigma

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6
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What is point prevalence?

A

The percentage of a population that has the disorder at a specific point in time.

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7
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Which of the following are examples of group hysteria or mass madness seen during the middle ages?

A

a. Lycanthropy

c. Tarantism

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8
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. _________ ________ is when an individual chooses to avoid or stop seeking or receiving care in order to
avoid harmful, belittling, and/or discriminatory labels.

A

c. Label avoidance

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9
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. __________ indicates the percentage of a population that has a disorder at any point during a given
period of time, typically the past year.

A

c. Period prevalence

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10
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. At which of Freud’s psychosexual stages does neither sex pay attention to the opposite sex?

A

c. Latency stage

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11
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  1. Which of the following is NOT a defense mechanism?
A

a. Transference

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12
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Which of the following is a form of stigma?

A

a. Public stigma
b. Label avoidance
c. Self-stigma
d. Courtesy stigma
e. All of the above

E IS THE ANSWER

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13
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Tristan is diagnosed with ADHD and panic disorder. This is an example of _______.

A

e. Comorbidity

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14
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  1. An employer at Costco is interviewing Josh, who has been diagnosed with a personality disorder. Josh is
    well-rounded, hard-working, and kind, but the employer is worried about hiring Josh after he disclosed his
    disorder to them. The employer ultimately does not hire Josh due to their concerns about his disorder.
    Which form of stigma is this?
A

b. Public stigma

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15
Q

Andrew has anxiety and hasn’t been able to leave the house lately. He tells himself, “why try to go
outside? I am not normal enough to be around other people.” Andrew’s thoughts are an example of
which type of stigma?

A

d. Self-stigma

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16
Q

Which of the following mental health professionals have the appropriate training to prescribe
medications?

A

Psychiatrist

Psychiatric Nurse Practioner

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17
Q

If a person refuses to believe that they have a terminal illness even after the doctor has given them a
diagnosis, which kind of defense mechanism are they using?

A

Denial

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18
Q

Which stage of Freud’s psychosexual stages of personality development involves fixation with the
opposite gender parent, also known as the Oedipus/Electra complex?

A

d. Phallic stage

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19
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What percentage of youth in state and local juvenile justice systems have at least one mental disorder?

A

70%

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20
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_______ refers to when an individual’s condition leaves them unable to function socially, occupationally,
or in other important aspects of their everyday life

A

Impairment

21
Q

What is psychiatric or mental health epidemiology?

A

The study of the frequency of occurrence of mental disorders in a population.

22
Q

Psychological dysfunction refers to a breakdown in which of the following?

A

b. Cognition, emotion, and/or behavior

23
Q

What was the name of the method developed by Josef Breuer (1842-1925), which utilizes hypnotism to
enable patients to speak about previously upsetting experiences to free patients from their symptoms of
hysteria?

A

Cathartic method

24
Q
  1. Which defense mechanism involves avoiding emotion by instead turning attention towards rational and
    practical aspects of the situation?
A

Intellectualization

25
Q

. If a man is dancing in the streets in the middle of the day, he is exhibiting signs of:

A

Deviance

26
Q

Amanda lost her husband of 15 years. She spends her days suffering and crying herself to sleep every

night. She has not been attending any social functions for weeks and does not maintain her personal
hygiene. What is Amanda experiencing?

A

a. Distress

b. Impairment

27
Q

Which defense mechanism defined below matches the definition of reaction formation?

A

When an impulse is repressed and then expressed by its opposite.

28
Q

Which defense mechanism subverts an individual’s socially unacceptable desires with socially acceptable
behavior to deal with a problem?

A

Sublimation

29
Q

What is the definition of etiology?

A

The cause(s) of a disorder

30
Q

Which of the following mental health professions can a person pursue with only a Bachelor of Science
(B.S.)?

A

d. Drug Abuse and/or Alcohol Counselor

31
Q

An example of the defense mechanism displacement is __________

A

Taking out your frustration with your boss on your partner and kids when you get home from
work

32
Q

. Mesmerism is ____

A

c. An early form of hypnosis

33
Q

What are naming systems called, such as ones that help professionals structure the understanding of
mental disorders in a meaningful way?

A

Nomenclature

34
Q

Which psychologist believed magnetism was the cure to mental illness and put his patients into a
trancelike state?

A

Anton Mesmer

35
Q

. Which technique was used to create an opening in the skull to release evil spirits in prehistoric times?

A

Trephination

36
Q

A person who is unable to experience pleasure has a breakdown in which quality of dysfunction?

A

. Emotion

37
Q

Which statement most accurately describes lycanthropy?

A

The idea that an individual is being possessed by wolves or other animals.

38
Q

According to Freud, the personality has three parts. Which part of the personality did he believe
attempted to mediate desires against the demands of reality?

A

Ego

39
Q

Which term describes the anticipated course a mental disorder will take?

A

Prognosis

40
Q

Ally has migraines that come and go. For the past year, she has been getting migraines unpredictably and
for alternating periods of time. What course pattern would be classified for Ally’s migraines?

A

Episodic

41
Q

Who instigated the mental hygiene movement in 1841?

A

Dorothea Dix

42
Q

According to Hippocrates, black bile originated from which organ?

A

The spleen

43
Q

Which of the following is the correct order of Freud’s psychosexual stages of personality development?

A

Oral Stage, Anal Stage, Phallic Stage, Latency Stage, Genital Stage

44
Q

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in
the U.S. What percentage of those that have committed suicide had an underlying mental illness?

A

90%

45
Q

Which of the following is not a component of psychological disorders as defined by the DSM 5?

A

Disgrace

46
Q

During what period did patients begin to be treated more humane?

A

The 18th-19th Century

47
Q

How did Roman physicians such as Asclepiades treat mental disorders?

A

Massages, warm baths, and by practicing the concept contrariis contrarius (“opposite by
opposite”)

48
Q

Who said that the mentally ill should not face punishment because they were not responsible for their
actions?

A

Plato

49
Q

Who among the following would be affected by courtesy stigma?

A

Parent(s) of the person with the disorder

A friend or significant other of the person with the disorder