selected psychiatric disorders

Our current knowledge about psychiatric conditions lacks specificity.

• true

• false

The research framework that aims to address the heterogeneity in psychiatry by providing a biologically-based, rather than symptom-based, framework for understanding mental disorders is called:

• adoc

• postdoc

• rdoc

Delusions are ____________ symptoms.

• negative

• positive

• cognitive

Which circuit is disrupted in schizophrenia?

• cortico-striato-thalamic

• midbrain-hindbrain

• amygdala loop

Which neurotransmitter might be associated with poor working memory in schizophrenia?

• dopamine

• gaba

• serotonin

Atypical dopamine activity in schizophrenia is mainly observed in the occipital lobe

• true

• false

Schizophrenia can be defined as a developmental disorder.

• true

• false

Deficits in high-order cognitive abilities could be explained by impaired lower-level processes.

• true

• false

In depression, ______________ are reduced.

• monoamines

• pantomimes

• cortisol and brain-derived factors

The HPA axis is associated with:

• over secretion of cortisol in depression

• executive functioning in depression