Chapter 21

what personality disorder would be characterized as a loaner

schizoid

Hypochondriasis

A condition or disorder characterized by abnormal anxiety about one's body and health

Depression

A type of mood or affective disorder characterized by a prolonged feeling of extreme sadness or unhappiness, despair, and discouragement

a psychogenic fugue would fall into which category of disorders

dissociative disorders

Munchausen syndrome

A group of disorders in which the affected individuals simulate illness for no reason other than to receive treatment

grandiose

an inflated sense of self-worth, power, and knowledge

accounts for 50 to 75% of all dementia cases

Alzheimer's disease

Antipsychotics

The most common medications used to treat delusional disorders

what drug comes from resin from the flowering top of the hemp plant

hashish

Phobia Disorder (Anxiety)

characterized by an intense and irrational fear of an object, situation, or thing, resulting in a strong desire to avoid the feared stimulus

this symptom is suggestive of narcolepsy

an uncontrollable attack of sleep

chronic use of which drug can lead to psychological dependence

marijuana

what is the main cause of suicide

depression

intense, persistent gender incongruence

A symptom suggestive of gender dysphoria

enuresis

bed wetting

what type of abuse refers to intentionally breathing the vapors of a substance to get high

inhalant

what type of disorder is more common in women and tends to occur in the middle to late life

delusional

Mescaline (peyote)

Hallucinogen drug in the Mexican peyote cactus can be produced synthetically

with what disorder does the behavior become ritualistic

OCD-obsessive-compulsive disorder

Nightmare Disorder

a sleep disorder in which anxiety-provoking dreams awaken the involved individual, but once awakened the individual is quickly oriented