The personality disorder characterized by extreme instability in behavior and emotion, impulsivity, depression, and self-injurious behaviors is ________ personality disorder

a. narcissistic
b. borderline
c. dependent
d. histrionic


b

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Angelo, age 72, has begun demonstrating serious memory loss, lessened intellectual ability, and impaired judgment. What diagnosis is Angelo likely to receive from his doctor?

A. drug intoxication B. heart disease C. dementia D. a stroke

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Which theorists are associated with the humanistic model of understanding behavior?

a. Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud b. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow c. John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov d. Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck e. Erik Erikson and Carl Jung

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Intervention for people with mental disorders is based on a legal principle of , meaning a person should be effectively treated in a manner allowing as much freedom as possible

a. right to refuse treatment b. least restrictive treatment c. ethics d. consentuality

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As Rice and Dolgin point out, some of the health problems that face Third World teens stem directly from:

A) poverty. B) malaria. C) abusive parenting. D) all of the above

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