Mental Health in the Media (Final)

A primary difference between Acute Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is that PTSD involves

Continuation of trauma-based symptoms beyond one month

Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders (TSRDs) that are developmental and primarily considered disorders of childhood are

Attachment Disorders

Vassar et al (2020) found that PTSD was largely represented in films by characters who suffered from experiences with

War

People who suffer a Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorder (TSRD) sometimes exhibit dissociative symptoms. An example of a dissociative symptom is

Depersonalization

In the film American Sniper (2015), when Chris returns home the first time from Iraq, he shows signs of PTSD, the symptom was

Detachment

Approximately, what percent of individuals who experience severe trauma eventually develop significant acute stress or post-traumatic stress symptoms?

15%

During the last 30 years, what events has generated the highest number of cases with post-traumatic stress symtpoms?

Auto accidents

The largest number of trauma and stressor-related disorders diagnosed by clinicians by are/is

Adjustment Disorders

According to DSM 5, post-traumatic stress disorder involves all of the following symptom categories, EXCEPT

Compulsions

According to Vassar (2020), an important psychological element that does not appear to be portrayed in films about PTSD is

Help-seeking

A controversy with the case of Sybil/Shirly Mason is that it revealed a problem with accurately diagnosing Dissociative Identity Disorder. Specifically, the problem is

Patient vulnerability to suggestibility

A person experiencing Dissociative Fugue is shown a picture of himself as a missing person from another town. He is most likely to

Disbelieve that it is him in the picture

According to clinical research and practice, Dissociative Disorders are originally caused by

Severe trauma

According to Poseck (2006), a major reason that movies featuring Dissociative Identity Disorder often distort the disorder is filmmakers emphasize storylines with

Surprising plot twists

As a result of popular culture (e.g., movies), the general public often confused Dissociative Identity Disorder with

Schizophrenia

As opposed to schizophrenia spectrum disorders, dissociative disorders have

Reality testing intact

Based on our best understanding of the disorder, dissociative amnesia is the result of

Psychological defenses

In the movie Spit (2016), Dennis/Kevin refers to his fellow alters as the

Horde

In the movie Split (2016), the “Beast” was the ____ alter for Dennis/Kevin

24th

The dissociative disorder that only has symptoms in which the person disconnects from his or her surroundings is called

Derealization Disorder

According to behavioral theory, which of the following choices is most likely to increase the frequency of gambling behavior?

Continuous reinforcement

According to DSM 5, the class of drugs that is not known to exhibit withdrawal symptoms is:

Hallucinogens

According to DSM 5, the drug/substance not recognized to have a “Use” Disorder is

Caffeine

According to McIntosh et al. (1999) study on alcohol in movies, drinkers are view ____ compared to non-drinkers in popular culture

More positively

According to McIntosh et al. (1999) study findings on alcohol in the movies, drinking stereotypes in film are viewed as ____

reflecting society

According to recent research, a key reason that a drug user returns to use or “relapses” is the magnitude of

Wanting

Barbiturates belong to which class of drugs

Depressants

Drugs for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, such as Ritalin, belong to which class of drugs

Stimulants

In Everything Must Go (2010), in return for helping Nick with the yard sale, Kenny asks Nick

To teach him baseball

In the film Everything Must Go (2010), Nick learns that his friend Detective Frank Garcia is

In a romantic relationship with Nick’s wife

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is associated with which of type of neurocognitive disorder?

Traumatic Brain Injury

Currently, the most common type of medication to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease targets with neurotransmitters?

Acetylcholine

Delirium differs from dementia in that delirium

Usually is temporary

Difficulty with the recognition of familiar faces and objects is called

Agnosia

In the article by Gerritsen et al (2014), a key “collateral” finding of their study on dementia in the movies was the

Debilitating impact on family/caregivers

In the film Still Alice (2014), Alice makes a video so that in case she cannot correctly answer the questions she gives herself, she will

Kill herself

In the film Still Alice (2014), Alice and her family watch daughter Lydia perform in a play. Immediately after the play is over there is a notable moment when Alice

Forgets that Lydia is her daughter

Memory remains relatively intact in which of the following neurocognitive disorders?

Frontotemporal

Mild neurocognitive disorder differs from major neurocognitive disorder in that with mild NCD

The patient is relatively independent

The causes of Alzheimer’s Disease are empirically thought to be related to all of the following, EXCEPT

Nutrition

According to research, which of the following characterological types is more likely to be a serial killer?

Psychopath

According to research, a DSM 5 personality disorder that may reflect gender bias in the constitution of the diagnostic criteria (resulting in misdiagnosis) is

Histrionic

According to the article by Leisted et al. (2014), the chief difference between Karpman’s notion of primary and secondary psychopaths is

Nature versus nurture

Angelo is described as an unemotional recluse who is indifferent toward interactions with others. Angelo is most representative of which DSM 5 personality disorder?

Schizoid

Anti-social personality disorder belongs to which DSM 5 cluster?

Dramatic, emotional, erratic

In Silence of the Lambs (1991), one of Buffalo Bill’s victims had an object inserted in her mouth by the killer. The object was a(n)

Cocoon

In Silence of the Lambs (1991), when Clarice Starling was a child she ran away from her home. What caused Clarice to run away?

The slaughter of lambs

The DSM 5 personality disorder that manifest odd thoughts, eccentric behaviors, perceptual distortions, and limit relationships best describes the

Schizotypal

The DSM 5 personality disorder that appears to be a misnomer because there are no obvious obtrusive thoughts or ritualistic behaviors among its symptoms (as the name suggests) is

Obsessive-Compulsive

The study by Leistedt et al. (2014) found that portrayals of psychopaths or anti-social characters in movies are generally

Unrealistic