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Top of Form Which of the following is true of individuals who return home to a family with high expressed emotion after a psychotic episode? Question 1Answer a. They are more likely than others to relapse. b. They receive high levels of emotional support from their families. c. They are more...

Top of Form Which of the following is true of individuals who return home to a family with high expressed emotion after a psychotic episode? Question 1Answer a. They are more likely than others to relapse. b. They receive high levels of emotional support from their families. c. They are more likely than others to relapse and they receive high levels of emotional support from their families. d. They are neither more likely than others to relapse nor to receive high levels of emotional support from their families. e. They are less likely than others to relapse. Question **2** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Psychotic delusions are usually categorised in terms of their: Question 2Answer a. sensory modality. b. content and bizarreness. c. persistence. d. response to treatment. e. frequency. Question **3** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Negative symptoms in psychosis are easily confused with: Question 3Answer a. symptoms of depression. b. adverse medication effects. c. laziness. d. All of the given options are correct. e. None of the given options is correct. Question **4** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The dimensional approach to psychosis argues that: Question 4Answer a. psychotic diagnoses represent arbitrarily defined categories. b. psychotic experiences are normally distributed across the population. c. there is no clear cut-off point between those diagnosed with schizophrenia and those who are not. d. All of the given options are correct. e. None of the given options is correct. Question **5** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Some research suggests that excessive dopaminergic activity in schizophrenia is linked with: Question 5Answer a. positive symptoms. b. negative symptoms. c. waxy flexibility. d. anhedonia. e. All of the given options are correct. Question **6** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Some evidence suggests that the risk of suicide may have increased in people diagnosed with schizophrenia over the past 100 years. Which of the provided options is not a reason for this: Question 6Answer a. a move away from institutionalisation. b. side effects of antipsychotic medications. c. effects of withdrawal from antipsychotic medication. d. high levels of anxiety in people with schizophrenia. e. brief hospital admissions as opposed to long-term admissions as occurred in the past. Question **7** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The hallucinations reported by people with schizophrenia are most often: Question 7Answer a. auditory (hearing). b. visual (sight). c. olfactory (smell). d. tactile (touch). e. gustatory (taste). Question **8** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The use of \'schizophrenia\' as a diagnosis has been challenged because: Question 8Answer a. it leads to stigma and distress in clients. b. there is a large overlap between schizophrenia and other mental disorders. c. psychotic phenomena occur in the general population. d. All of the given options are correct. e. None of the given options is correct. Question **9** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Psychotic disorders are often misperceived as involving the presence of only: Question 9Answer a. manic episodes. b. thought disorder. c. hallucinations and delusions. d. disorganised behaviour. e. negative symptoms. Question **10** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Eugen Bleuler invented the term \'schizophrenia\', referring to: Question 10Answer a. the loosening of connections between thought structures. b. split personality, which he believed was common in this illness. c. the social stigma that is commonly experienced. d. All of the given options are correct. e. None of the given options is correct. Question **11** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text With regard to treatment during the acute phase of psychosis, research trials have indicated which of the following treatment options results in symptom reduction? Question 11Answer a. 24-hour support in a home-like setting (Soteria model) b. pharmacological approaches c. cognitive behaviour therapy and antipsychotic medication d. cognitive behaviour therapy with no antipsychotic medication e. All of the given options are correct. Question **12** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Formal thought disorder includes the following except: Question 12Answer a. lack of coherence of thought. b. circumstantiality. c. catalepsy. d. derailment. e. echolalia. Question **13** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Use of cannabis by people with psychosis: Question 13Answer a. increases their rate of relapse. b. reduces their symptoms of psychosis. c. increases their rate of relapse and reduces their symptoms of psychosis. d. does not increase their rate of relapse nor reduce their symptoms of psychosis. e. does not increase their rate of relapse but does reduce their symptoms of psychosis. Question **14** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text What are the criteria for identifying individuals in the prodromal phase of psychosis? Question 14Answer a. less severe features, such as suspicious thinking b. transient psychotic features c. deterioration in general psychological health d. family history of psychosis e. All of the given options are correct. Question **15** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The Zubin and Spring stress vulnerability model of causes of psychosis suggests that vulnerability to psychotic illness: Question 15Answer a. is biological but not psychosocial. b. is psychosocial but not biological. c. can include both psychosocial and biological factors. d. is independent of psychosocial and biological factors. e. None of the given options is correct. Question **16** Incorrect Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation guidelines for the treatment of dissociative identity disorder emphasise all of the following treatment components except: Question 16Answer a. hypnosis. b. confronting traumatic memories. c. establishment of a safe environment. d. integration. e. rehabilitation. Question **17** Incorrect Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following is true of the finding that symptoms of anxiety and depression are common among people with medically unexplained physical symptoms? Question 17Answer a. It supports the theory that psychological distress is converted into somatic symptoms. b. It challenges the theory that psychological distress is converted into somatic symptoms. c. It confirms that the traditional physical model of illness is well-suited to managing these disorders. d. It challenges the view that the traditional physical model of illness is well-suited to managing these disorders. e. None of the given options is correct. Question **18** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Most individuals with dissociative identity disorders also meet criteria for: Question 18Answer a. schizophrenia. b. bipolar disorder. c. posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). d. All of the given options are correct. e. None of the given options is correct. Question **19** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which answer best describes factitious disorder? Question 19Answer a. An individual deliberately feigns illness. b. An individual deliberately feigns illness for an obvious gain. c. An individual deliberately feigns illness for no obvious gain. d. None of the given options is correct. e. All of the given options are correct. Question **20** Incorrect Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The posttraumatic model of dissociative identity disorder argues that most individuals with this disorder show the following except: Question 20Answer a. a reported history of childhood trauma and abuse. b. posttraumatic stress disorder. c. high trait anxiety. d. None of the given options is correct. e. All of the given options are correct. Question **21** Incorrect Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text According to the fantasy model of dissociative identity disorder: Question 21Answer a. highly dissociative individuals are highly fantasy prone. b. highly fantasy-prone individuals easily dissociate. c. highly dissociative persons have difficulty fantasising. d. None of the given options is correct. e. All of the given options are correct. Question **22** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The predominant neurobiological model of pain is the: Question 22Answer a. gate control theory. b. trauma theory. c. conversion theory. d. somatoform theory. e. diathesis-stress theory. Question **23** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text According to the iatrogenic theory, dissociative identity disorder is the product of: Question 23Answer a. emotional abuse in childhood. b. physical abuse in childhood. c. lack of social contact. d. therapy or the popular media. e. None of the given options is correct. Question **24** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The most common precipitants of depersonalisation include all of the following except: Question 24Answer a. amnesia. b. anxiety. c. substance abuse. d. stress. e. depression. Question **25** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Treatments for chronic somatic symptoms and related disorders include all of the following except: Question 25Answer a. relaxation. b. exploring unconscious thoughts. c. graded exposure. d. distraction. e. challenging unhelpful thinking. Question **26** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The case of Anna O and the account of psychoanalytic treatment of somatic symptoms is historically important because: Question 26Answer a. it described different states of consciousness. b. it described somatic symptoms occurring in the context of trauma. c. it established psychotherapy as a treatment. d. It was the first case of psychoanalysis described. e. All of the given options are correct. Question **27** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The most common acute somatic symptom is: Question 27Answer a. conversion disorder. b. somatisation disorder. c. hypochondriasis. d. body dysmorphic disorder. e. pain. Question **28** Incorrect Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text People with somatic disorders have been found to have higher levels of: Question 28Answer a. alexithymia. b. anhedonia. c. anxiety sensitivity. d. None of the given options is correct. e. All of the given options are correct. Question **29** Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text There has been one addition in the DSM-5 to the criteria used in diagnosing dissociative identity disorder. What is it? Question 29Answer a. Imaginary playmates are included. b. Religious beliefs are included. c. Pathological possession is included. d. Pathological daydreaming is included. e. Pathological fantasising is included. Question **30** Incorrect Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, a man who develops paralysis in his arm after seeing his wife flirting with another man, would be displaying signs of: Question 30Answer a. suppression of an unacceptable aggressive impulse. b. hysteria. c. dissociative fantasising. d. dissociative disorder. e. unacceptable sexual fantasies. Bottom of Form

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