EPPP Abnormal Wrong

Question 1

Which of the following best describes changes to the presentation of ADHD in adults?

Answer 1

Hyperactivity and impulsivity become less prominent while inattention stays the same or becomes more prominent.

Question 2

Common associated features of Schizophrenia include

Answer 2

inappropriate affect, dysphoric mood, disturbed sleep pattern, and lack of interest in eating

Question 3

According to the DSM-5-TR, the 12-month prevalence rate for Bipolar I Disorder in the United States is _____ percent.

Answer 3

1.5

Question 4

Lewinsohn’s (1974) behavioral model attributes depression to a low rate of response-contingent reinforcement for adaptive behaviors, which causes:

Answer 4

extinction of those behaviors

Question 5

For a diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in children, anxiety and worry must involve _____ or more characteristic symptoms.

Answer 5

one

Question 6

The rates of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder based on gender and age are:

Answer 6

higher for males in childhood but higher for females in adulthood

so about equal overall

Question 7

For a diagnosis of ________, the behavior must be inappropriate for the individual’s developmental level and not part of a culturally sanctioned practice.

Answer 7

Pica

Question 8

A thiamine deficiency is associated with which of the following?

Answer 8

Alcohol-Induced Major Neurocognitive Disorder (Korsakoff syndrome)

Question 9

The progression of Alzheimer’s disease can be described in terms of three stages. A person in the second (middle) stage of the disease is most likely to exhibit:

Answer 9

anterograde and retrograde amnesia, flat or labile mood, restlessness, and fluent aphasia

Question 10

Symptoms of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder may be comorbid with other mental health disorders. However, this diagnosis cannot coexist with:

Answer 10

Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, or Bipolar Disorder

Question 11

Stimulant withdrawal

Answer 11

Dysphoria, vivid and frightening dreams, insomnia or hypersomnia, fatigue, psychomotor agitation or retardation, and increased appetite

Question 12

Chronic otitis media in early childhood has been linked to

Answer 12

Specific learning disorder

It’s an infection of the middle ear

Question 13

A cognitive-behavioral therapist is treating a 20-year-old woman who has received a diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa. The therapist’s first priority will be to give the woman graded task assignments designed to increase her food intake. Another initial intervention will be to

Answer 13

use Socratic questioning to facilitate modification of her beliefs about weight and food

Question 14

A young man can’t recall certain personal information, such as where he lives and who he lives with, but he says he has just started working as a dishwasher at a local diner. Presence of which of the following would help confirm that the man is experiencing a dissociative fugue?

Answer 14

You learn that the man has recently traveled unexpectedly from another state and has assumed a new identity.

Question 15

According to research on PTSD prevention, how effective is single-session psychological debriefing (PD) immediately following exposure to a traumatic event

Answer 15

is not effective when used alone and may actually increase the risk for PTSD

Question 16

Narcissistic, Borderline, and Histrionic Personality Disorders share which of the following characteristics?

Answer 16

Affective instability

Question 17

What is true of cataplexy?

Answer 17

It is typically triggered by strong emotions

Question 18

Tobacco Withdrawal

Answer 18

Depressed mood, insomnia, and increased appetite

Question 19

What is the gender difference in prepubescent MDD?

Answer 19

Equal boys/girls

Question 20

Brittany S., age 34, is often very irritable with family members and friends, has trouble controlling her anger, gets drunk at least twice a week, has a history of frequent job changes and brief sexual affairs, and often complains that she is bored. Based on these symptoms, the most likely diagnosis is _____ Personality Disorder.

Answer 20

Borderline

Question 21

Vivid dreamlike images that occur at the beginning of sleep are called

Answer 21

hypnagogic hallucinations

Question 22

If one child in a family experiences symptoms of Schizophrenia, what is the likelihood that his or her biological sibling will also develop symptoms of this disorder?

Answer 22

.1

Question 23

Compared to adults experiencing nonpathological anxiety, an adult who is diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is

Answer 23

more likely to experience his/her worries as more difficult to control and more likely to experience somatic symptoms

Question 24

Habit reversal

Answer 24

awareness training, regulated breathing, and social support

Used to treat stuttering and tics

Question 25

A diagnosis of Schizoaffective Disorder requires the presence of delusions and hallucinations for at least __________ without symptoms of a depressive or manic episode.

Answer 25

two weeks

Question 26

Many individuals with Major Depressive Disorder have EEG abnormalities during sleep that include which of the following?

Answer 26

Decreased REM latency (earlier onset of REM sleep)

Question 27

A DSM-5 diagnosis of Erectile Disorder requires the presence of characteristic symptoms for a minimum duration of approximately _____ months.

Answer 27

SIX months