Question 1
Which of the following holds true for diagnostic labels?
Once a person has been given a diagnosis, other people begin to see that person primarily in terms of the label.
People are likely to consider many possible explanations for the mental condition of a person.
People tend to notice positive behavioral changes in a teenager diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder.
People do not consider the problems of another person to be inherent.

Question 2
Which best describes anxiety according to the textbook's discussion?
Panic attacks are called the fear of fears because people feel that they are dying.
In many situations it is sensible to feel anxiety, and in fact, this emotion is often adaptive.
Posttraumatic stress disorder occurs within the first two days after a trauma.
It is unusual for a mentally healthy person to experience a panic attack.

Question 3
What is the primary purpose of the DSM?
To help psychologists assess normal, as well as abnormal, behavior.
To keep the number of diagnostic categories of mental disorders to a minimum.
To provide clear descriptive criteria for diagnosing mental disorders.
To describe the causes of common psychological disorders.

Question 4
Candice experiences a continuous state of anxiety marked by feelings of worry and dread, apprehension, difficulties in concentration, and signs of motor tension. According to the DSM this disorder is called:
panic attack.
posttraumatic stress disorder.
agoraphobia.
generalized anxiety disorder.

Question 5
Who would likely benefit most from taking lithium carbonate?
Zara, who is near death from starving herself
Jonathan, who swings from depression to mania
Josué, who has hallucinations and delusions
Barbara, who experiences excessive worry and anxiety

Question 6
A nineteenth century physician's diagnosis of drapetomania, which purported to explain why slaves sought freedom, exemplifies:
the recognition of the intolerable conditions of slavery and the need to escape those conditions.
how notions of mental disorder can serve the interests of those who are in power by putting a veneer of science on a subjective process.
how great suffering elicits the fight-or-flight response, which is a normal human reaction.
recognition of panic disorder as far back as the early years of the nineteenth century.

Question 7
Mary went to the emergency room for the second time in a month complaining of difficulty in breathing and chest pain that had come on suddenly. She thought she was having a heart attack and was afraid she was dying, but the doctor could not find anything wrong. She may be suffering from:
panic disorder.
a somatoform disorder.
PTSD.
hypochondria.

Question 8
Depressed people tend to believe that:
the reason for their misery is external.
this bleak despair is terrible, but it will pass.
their misery is permanent and uncontrollable.
if they just had the energy, they could control the situation.

Question 9
What does the case of 10-year-old Candace Newmaker, who underwent rebirthing therapy, illustrate?
The surprising success of rebirthing and other attachment therapies.
The silliness of some therapeutic techniques.
The potential for coercive therapists to create new symptoms.
The use of empirically unsupported, potentially dangerous techniques can be deadly.

Question 10
Therapeutic influence and sometimes coercion is believed to be responsible for the huge number of people diagnosed in the 1980s and 1990s with:
depression.
schizophrenia.
multiple personality disorder.
antisocial personality disorder.

Question 11
In many circumstances, such as encountering an aggressive dog, it is sensible to feel a state of apprehension and physical tension.
True
False

Question 12
Antidepressants, such as Prozac, are sometimes prescribed for those suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.
True
False

Question 13
Mental disorders can lead to self-destructive behavior.
True
False

Question 14
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are used primarily in the treatment of schizophrenia.
True
False

Question 15
Insurance companies require clinicians to assign their clients an appropriate DSM code number for the disorder in order to receive compensation for treatment.
True
False

Question 16
If a person is suffering from schizophrenia, then a neuroleptic would be an appropriate drug to use in treatment.
True
False

Question 17
Antidepressant drugs are also known as neuroleptics.
True
False

Question 18
Generalized anxiety disorder is a state in which a person experiences high arousal, feelings of impending doom, and physiological symptoms, such as rapid breathing and dizziness.
True
False

Question 19
People who are depressed tend to have high levels of cortisol.
True
False

Question 20
A therapist may inadvertently create new disorders in the client through undue influence or suggestion.
True
False