For what reason do patients with schizophrenia typically stop taking medication when they are discharged from the hospital?
a) The side effects are unpleasant.
b) Their psychiatrist determines that their illness is improved sufficiently so that they do not need to take daily medications.
c) Their after-care programs emphasize psychological treatments and discourage reliance on medication, which is seen as a "crutch."
d) They prefer their hallucinations to the monotony of daily existence.
A
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If you were to investigate the case studies of a number of people with dissociative identity disorder, you would probably find that these people:
A. usually demonstrate personalities that are very different from each other B. usually demonstrate only two personalities C. are very aware at all times of the various personalities they have D. often demonstrate personalities that all have a common trait, such as religious fervor
Ethnic minority groups are less likely to seek therapy than European Americans because of all of the following EXCEPT
a. distrust of professionals. b. lack of information about service availability. c. language barriers. d. multicultural therapeutic approaches.
The social deficiencies of people with __________________ are similar to those of people with paranoid personality disorder.
A. bipolar disorder B. schizoid personality disorder C. autism spectrum disorder D. schizophrenia
Infants who have been sleeping through the night start waking up again between the ages of 18 and 24 months old. According to your text book, which of the following is one explanation for this?
They become more aware that they are sleeping by themselves. They have more nightmares. They watch too much television. They drink too many liquids before bedtime.