Chapter 15- psych 5- Kremer

True or False: In bulimia nervosa the person eats fewer calories than needed

False

True or False: Psilocybin has been in shown to be ineffective in the treatment of depression and cancer-related anxiety

False

True or False: The origins of human interest in drugs can be found in the Hippie Movement of the Haight Ashbury in San Francisco

False

The movie Killing Us Softly shows that

Media images can be one of the factors in the development of eating disorders

Based on current research evidence, which is most likely the central cause of obesity?

Diet

True or False: The casual and careless use of hallucinogens during the Hippie Movement in the Haight Ashbury in San Francisco (leading to causalities) is also typical among Amazonian tribes in traditional Indigenous settings.

False

The interest of human beings in drugs to alter their state of consciousness can be traced _____________ back

Millennia

True or False: The negative impact of drug use on the adolescent brain is practically identically to the impact on the adult brain.

False

True or False: All hallucinogens are highly addictive

False

True or False: Obesity is one of the diagnostic categories for eating disorders in the DSM

False

True or False: It is a myth that Coca-Cola actually contain cocaine in its early years

False

Research has shown that smoking during adolescence

Decreases one’s IQ

Obesity is a medical problem which is

Significantly increasing worldwide

The cost of drug use disorders or addictions is in the

billions

True or False: Anorexia nervosa, as described and defined in the DSM, has always existed worldwide in this form, including in China and Hong Kong

False

True or False: Obesity does not have any relationship with income inequality

False

True or False: Almost one-third of all people using prescription opioids misuse them

True

True or False: Certain hallucinogens have been used beneficially for millennia in highly controlled cultural contexts.

True

Which of the following characterize anorexia nervosa

• serious food restriction

• below normal weight

• no recognition of how serious the wright loss is

• distorted body perception

• depression

(.7500/1.00)

Which of the following is NOT among the criteria (pattern) for substance use disorders in the DSM?

recreational activities increase signigicantly

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of bulimia nervosa

Not Excessive exercise

True or False: Research evidence supports the notion that MDMA (ecstasy) can be used beneficially in the treatment of PTSD

True

The overstimulation of the amygdala through THC, one of the active ingredients in marihuana,

reduces the motivation to learn something new because it is less stimulating

True or False: About half of all Americans use alcohol regularly

True

True or False: The most important factor underlying the epidemic of obesity is the popularity and availability of processed, calorie-dense, high-sugar, and high-fat foods.

True

True or False: Obesity is a medical condition

True

True or False: anorexia nervosa entered the available pool of symptoms only in recent decades in Hong Kong.

True