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Which drugs that are used to treat psychological disorders are most likely to cause motor-related side effects, such as muscle tremors and rigidity (symptoms that resemble Parkinson's disease)?

Benzodiazepines

Antipsychotics

Antidepressants

SSRIs

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Question 71 pts

Sukirti has strong feelings of sadness, worthlessness and hopelessness about her life. She feels disconnected from other people. These symptoms have become so extreme that she has attempted suicide. Which of the following treatments is likely to provide her with the QUICKEST relief from her misery?

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Exposure and response prevention

Systematic desensitization

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Question 81 pts

Raisa has been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder, and she is undergoing exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy. Raisa finds the thought of contamination by bodily fluids particularly repugnant. She avoids handling mail because she thinks that the envelopes may have saliva on them, and if she does need to touch mail, she repeatedly washes her hands. Which of the following is an accurate description of the ERP therapy procedure?   

Triggering the obsession by encouraging Raisa to wash her hands, and then associating hand washing with something positive instead of her obsessive thoughts about envelopes.

Using free association and transference to help Raisa understand how she developed the OCD in the first place.

Triggering the obsession by asking Raisa to touch envelopes in the mail, and then preventing her compulsive hand washing.

Helping Raisa avoid envelopes while she practices progressive relaxation.

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Question 91 pts

Kayo is an airplane pilot and was involved in an aviation accident. Her plane was damaged and she lost a crew member. She herself suffered no physical injuries, but she does not seem to remember the accident even though she remembers other things from her life and is able to form new memories normally. Psychologists suspect that Kayo may suffer from

dissociative amnesia.

anterograde amnesia.

borderline amnesia.

panic disorder.

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Question 101 pts

Aiko, a college student, suffers from severe test anxiety. Even registering for a course makes her experience mild anxiety. Her anxiety gets more intense when she studies for a test, and when she is sitting in the classroom taking the test, she experiences extreme anxiety. However, her worst anxiety occurs while she is waiting for the teacher to hand out the tests. To alleviate her anxiety, Aiko starts systematic desensitization therapy. The therapist teaches Aiko relaxation techniques, and will then ask Aiko to FIRST imagine

waiting for a professor to hand out tests.

studying for a test.

answering questions on a college test.

registering for a college course.

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Question 111 pts

Repeatedly, excessively washing your hands is a(n) ________, and being constantly convinced that your clean hands are contaminated is a(n) ________.

delusion; hallucination

obsession; compulsion

compulsion; obsession

agoraphobia; mania

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Question 121 pts

Tanja is a hospitalized schizophrenia patient who is socially withdrawn. To encourage her to engage in social activities, nurses give her reward cards when she makes the effort to talk to people. She can then exchange the cards for food items in the hospital store. The nurses are using:

a token economy.

rational-emotive therapy.

systematic desensitization.

free association.

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Question 131 pts

Sometimes Jamila experiences extreme sadness and hopelessness for weeks or even months, and other times she has extreme energy levels and euphoria for a couple of weeks. The drug most likely to be beneficial to her is ___________ because it may regulate the levels of ______________.

Valium (anti-anxiety); serotonin.

Prozac (antidepressant); dopamine.

Wellbutrin (antidepressant); serotonin

Lithium; glutamate.

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Question 141 pts

Eva works as a medic, and last year she encountered a horrific accident scene with multiple casualties. She now experiences intense anxiety, flashbacks and nightmares about the accident. She avoids going near the area where the accident occurred, and even seeing cars the same color as the cars involved in the accident increases her anxiety. Eva's symptoms are most likely associated with:

social phobia.

post-traumatic stress disorder.

generalized anxiety disorder.

agoraphobia.

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Question 151 pts

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT):

Involves severing the nerves that connect the frontal lobe to the limbic system.

Is ultimately effective for depression but takes 4-6 weeks to show the beneficial effects.

Involves no side effects but shows large placebo effects.

May cause memory loss for the events preceding the treatment.

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Question 161 pts

Which of the following symptoms of schizophrenia is an example of a positive symptom?

Delusion of grandeur

Avolition

Flat affect

Social withdrawal

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Question 171 pts

Which of the following symptoms of schizophrenia is an example of a negative symptom?

Auditory hallucination

Extreme mood swings

Delusion of reference

Flat affect

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Question 181 pts

Which of the following statements is TRUE about schizophrenia?

Not taking care of one's hygiene and avoiding social interaction are aspects of avolition, a negative symptom.

Schizophrenia may involve multiple personalities which attempt to reduce the patient's obsessions by engaging in the compulsions.

The risk of developing schizophrenia is the same for an identical twin of a person with schizophrenia as it is for a cousin of a person with schizophrenia.

Hallucinations in schizophrenia are most commonly olfactory or tactile.

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Question 191 pts

Which of the following factors has been associated with a higher risk of schizophrenia?

Eating a poor diet and developing amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain

Having unusually small ventricles (fluid-filled cavities) in the brain

Having an older father

Being born during the months with the greatest amount of sunlight

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is Option B. Antipsychotics are most likely to cause motor-related side effects, such as muscle tremors and rigidity.

2. The correct answer is Option B. ECT is likely to provide her with the QUICKEST relief from her misery.

3. The correct answer is Option C. ERP is most likely to involve triggering the obsession by asking Raisa to touch envelopes in the mail, and then preventing her compulsive hand washing.

4. The correct answer is Option A. It is likely that she suffers from dissociative amnesia.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of a question.