Periodic limb movement disorder is considered a problem if which of these occurs?
a. The movements knock down lamps or other furniture.
b. The movements waken the person
c. The movements continue for more than an hour.
d. The movements cause muscle fatigue the next morning.
b
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Describe two dissociative disorders and discuss the etiology of dissociative identity disorder (DID)
What will be an ideal response?
What is one reason that the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder (DID) has been increasing?
A. Children in today's society are far more likely to experience severe trauma than they were in the past. B. DID has only recently received full acceptance by the psychiatric community, and thus professionals are now using this diagnosis. C. As of 1980, most insurance companies had to accept DID as a billable diagnosis. D. It may be that the prevalence of DID has not changed at all, but that clinicians may unknowingly encourage the emergence of new identities.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Females tend to score higher on measures of visual-spatial abilities than males. b. Females tend to be more sensitive to nonverbal communication than males. c. Females tend to exhibit slightly better verbal skills than males. d. Males tend to exhibit slightly better mathematical abilities than females.
The concept of “not typical or culturally expected” in relation to distinguishing normal from abnormal behavior includes ____
a. ?both the instance of someone doing something that most others do not do and not doing something that most people do b. ?the instance of someone doing something that most others do not c. ?the instance of someone not doing something that most others do d. ?the instance of someone doing something that involves personal distress