QUIZ 12 Chapter 22: Psychiatry

A forensic psychiatrist specializes in

Legal aspects of psychiatry

A psychotherapy model that makes use of free association and transference:

Psychoanalysis

Alternating states of exalted feelings and excitement with moods of extreme sadness and decreased activity:

Bipolar disorder

Condition in which fear of obesity in which binge eating is followed by induced vomiting:

Bulimia nervosa

Condition in which mental symptoms such as amnesia hide the pain and anxiety of unconscious conflicts:

Dissociative disorder

Condition in which physical symptoms appear as a defense against overwhelming anxiety:

Conversion disorder

Condition in which psychological factors such as anxiety, anger, and fear produce unrealistic body image and reluctance to eat:

Anorexia nervosa

Exaggerated feeling of well-being:

Euphoria

False or unreal sensory perceptions:

Hallucinations

Fear of leaving one's home:

Agoraphobia

General preoccupation with bodily aches and pains and irrational fear about one's health:

Hypochondriasis

Numerous periods of mania and depression, but not of long duration, with no psychotic features:

Cyclothymic disorder

Personality disorder characterized by absence of loyalty or concern for others, and of moral standards:

Antisocial

Personality disorder characterized by grandiose sense of self-importance and preoccupation with fantasies of success and power:

Narcissistic

Personality disorder in which the individual is emotional, immature, and dependent, often exhibiting irrational outbursts and flamboyant behavior:

Histrionic

Personality disorder in which the individual is emotionally cold and aloof, with indifference to praise or criticism and to the feelings of others:

Schizoid

Personality disorder in which the person is continually suspicious and mistrustful of other people:

Paranoid

Preoccupation with oneself combined with lack of responsiveness to others is a characteristic of:

Autism

Repression is BEST described as:

A defense mechanism in which unacceptable thoughts are pushed into the unconscious

Resembling mania, but not as severe:

Hypomania

Absence of emotion:

apathy

Amnesia associated with fleeing from customary surroundings:

fugue

Depressive episodes but not of intensity of major depression:

dysthymia

Dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; causes euphoria:

marijuana

External emotion or emotional response of a person

affect

Fear of strangers:

xenophobia

Severe lack of response to other people:

autism

Sexual arousal that requires unusual and bizarre fantasies:

paraphilia

Stimulant drug that causes euphoria and hallucinations:

cocaine

Troubled feelings, distress, and avoidance behavior:

anxiety

Severe dysphoric mood with psychotic features:

Major depression

Short depressive periods and moods with no psychotic features:

Dysthymic disorder

The practice of a clinical psychologist is MOST likely to include:

Use of tests to measure mental health and intelligence

Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly:

A compulsion