For some new mothers, the time after the birth of their child is marked by a period of depression, a pervasive feeling of sadness and unhappiness also known as __________
a) parental depression
b) baby blues
c) postpartum depression
d) prenatal depression
Answer: c
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Which of the following defines the persecutory type of delusional disorder?
a. Believing that one is loved by an important person or celebrity b. Falsely believing that one's sexual partner is unfaithful c. Believing in one's inflated worth, identity, or special relationship d. Believing one is being malevolently treated in some way
Audrey has just learned that she has cancer of the pancreas
Because she is a nurse, she knows that pancreatic cancer is an aggressive cancer and usually takes someone's life about a year after the diagnosis. However, she is convinced that the doctors have mixed up her chart with someone else's chart. Once she is shown that it is indeed her chart, she tells the doctor that the results are clearly erroneous. Audrey is experiencing _____ according to research by Kübler-Ross. a) anger b) depression c) denial d) forgiveness
Sharif has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder
His therapist purposely asks him to think about the unwanted, intrusive, unpleasant thought. These thoughts typically trigger Sharif to feel the need to engage in a particular behavior. However, his therapist does not allow him to engage in that behavior for periods of time. The goal is to decrease and eventually eliminate the need for the compulsion. This technique is called _____ a) flooding. b) aversion therapy. c) exposure and response prevention. d) overexposure.