Psychological Disorders Quiz

What is the main characteristic of adjustment disorders?

• Complete detachment from reality

• Milder reactions than PTSD but still impairing

• Severe reactions to life stress

• Inability to form attachment relationships

Which disorder involves re-experiencing trauma and increased vigilance?

• Prolonged grief disorder

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• Adjustment disorder

• Acute stress disorder

What is a key feature of prolonged grief disorder?

• Persistent belief contrary to reality

• Severe reaction immediately following a terrifying event

• Intense longing for the deceased

• Inability to recall personal information

What is a common outcome for survivors of acute stress disorder?

• Onset of schizophrenia

• Development of dissociative identity disorder

• Complete recovery without any further issues

• Development of PTSD

What is a characteristic of disinhibited social engagement disorder?

• Child experiences hallucinations

• Child exhibits severe anxiety over having a disease

• Child avoids all social interactions

• Child shows no inhibitions in approaching adults

What is depersonalization?

• Inability to form attachment relationships

• Persistent belief in having a disease

• Alteration in perception causing loss of sense of reality

• Loss of memory of all personal information

What is dissociative amnesia characterized by?

• Inability to recall personal information

• Sudden travel away from home

• Belief in being possessed by spirits

• Development of multiple personalities

What is the main feature of dissociative identity disorder (DID)?

• Inability to recall personal information

• Persistent belief contrary to reality

• Multiple personalities coexisting within one body

• Severe anxiety over having a disease

What is malingering?

• Development of multiple personalities

• Inability to recall personal information

• Deliberate faking of a disorder for gain

• Persistent belief in having a disease

What is illness anxiety disorder?

• Severe anxiety over belief in having a disease

• Persistent belief contrary to reality

• Development of multiple personalities

• Inability to recall personal information