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psychological disorders

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is NOT a type of anxiety disorder?

a)

Obsessives-Compulsive

b)

Panic

c)

Post-traumatic

d)

Somatoform

2.

Which best describes disorganized schizophrenia?

a)

Involves only hallucinations and delusions

b)

symptoms are completely gone

c)

incoherent language, inappropriate emotions & poor motor behavior

d)

motionless for long periods of time

3.

A person who has generalized anxiety disorder would have which of the following?

a)

Vague feeling of being in danger

b)

Muscle tension

c)

Poor appetite

d)

Difficulty sleeping

4.

If I have a headache and run around telling everyone I have the plague, then I am demonstrating symptoms of what?

a)

Conversion Disorder

b)

Hypochondrias

c)

Generalized Anxiety

d)

Schizophrenia

5.

Which disorder is characterized by an inability to establish meaningful relationships, assuming social responsibilities and treating people as objects?

a)

Major Depressive Disorder

b)

SAD

c)

Antisocial Personality Disorder

d)

Avoidant Personality Disorder

6.
For the past 8 months, Susan has had persistent and excessive bouts of anxiety.  She is really anxious a lot of the time, but the reason for her anxiety is not something specific.  What is she probably suffering from?
a)
Social Phobia
b)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
c)
A Specific Phobia
d)
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
7.
Peter is deathly afraid of spiders.  Whenever he sees one, he screams and runs out of the room and will not return until he sees evidence that it has been killed.  What is he probably suffering from?
a)
Social Phobia
b)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
c)
A Specific Phobia
d)
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
8.
Brian is always worried about making a fool of himself because he always seems to have bad luck.  He gets intensely anxious about situations where he might say something wrong or be scrutinized, like giving a presentation at work.  What is he probably suffering from?
a)
Social Phobia
b)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
c)
A Specific Phobia
d)
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
9.
Edward really hates germs.  He always seems worried about whether his hands are clean.  He takes it to the extreme, going through the process of adding soap seven times when he washes his hands.  What is he probably suffering from?
a)
Social Phobia
b)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
c)
A Specific Phobia
d)
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
10.
Eugene has seemed really off the past few weeks.  He's been really irritable and when he's not, he seems pretty down.  He keeps refusing to go see a movie with you that you know he'd really like and looks like he's not getting any sleep.  He's also gained a few pounds and has started giving away some of his things to people in the office. What is he probably suffering from?
a)
Major Depressive Disorder
b)
Dysthymic Disorder
c)
Bipolar Disorder
d)
General Anxiety Disorder
11.
Harley is all over the place.  One day she'll be running around and completing major projects that don't even seem possible.  The next day, she won't even move from her chair and has nothing nice to say about herself.  What is she probably suffering from?
a)
Major Depressive Disorder
b)
Dysthymic Disorder
c)
Bipolar Disorder
d)
General Anxiety Disorder
12.
Karen is always watching her back.  She says that the FBI is out to get her because she didn't fill out her census paperwork.  The reason why she won't is that she thinks she's the lost Russian princess, Anastasia.  What is she probably suffering from?
a)
Paranoid Type Schizophrenia
b)
Disorganized Type Schizophrenia
c)
Catatonic Type Schizophrenia
d)
Undifferentiated Type Schizophrenia
13.
Tara did something really weird the other day.  You went to visit her and the whole time you were there she said her name was Buck.  She was acting like a really vulgar dude the whole time.  It was funny at first, but she wouldn't stop the joke so you just took off.  What is she probably suffering from?
a)
Dissociative Amnesia
b)
Dissociative Fugue
c)
Dissociative Identity Disorder
d)
Undifferentiated Type Schizophrenia
14.

Which is not the criteria that distinguish a disordered person?

a)

Deviant

b)

Divergent

c)

Distressing

d)

Dysfunctional

15.

A disorder characterized by attacks of intense fear and feelings of doom or terror not justified by the situation is named panic attack.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A marked fear that occurs when a person is in a specific social or performance situation is a definition of:

a)

Panic attack

b)

Social phobia

c)

Panic disorder

d)

Post traumatic stress disorder

17.

Comorbidity is coexistence of two or more disorders.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

OCD is an abbreviation of:

a)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

b)

Obessive-Corbuzier Diet

c)

Obsession-Compulsion Disorder

d)

Obsessive-Crime Disorder

19.

Recurrent dreams, flashbacks and emotional numbing are symptoms of ________.

a)

Panic disorder

b)

OCD

c)

PTSD

d)

SAD

20.

A widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.

a)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

b)

Mental Illness Encyclopedia

c)

Biopsychosocial Model

d)

Mental Disorders Almanac