Antoine attends a conference on alternative treatments for psychological disorders. While at the conference, he is surprised to find out that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for severe cases of ____
a. ?bipolar disorder
b. ?schizophrenia
c. ?depression
d. ?obsessive-compulsive disorder
ANSWER:
c
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A. the dose B. the time of day the drugs are administered C. the gender of the user D. the age of the user
The model that describes the development of psychopathology as a combination of an inherited predisposition and the events that have occurred in the individual's life is the ________ model
a. diathesis-stress b. genetic c. bio-behavioral d. psychoanalytic
When we fill in the gaps in memory with logic, guessing, or new information, we are using
a. chunking or recoding. b. elaborative processing. c. eidetic imaging. d. consolidation.
Paige was walking home from work about a year ago when she was assaulted. She suffered severe injuries and had to undergo about three months of rehabilitation therapy for her physical injuries. Since the assault, she has been having nightmares and flashbacks where she reexperiences the incident. She is also easily startled and very anxious. She went to see her doctor and was diagnosed as having
A. dissociative identity disorder. B. a personality disorder. C. posttraumatic stress disorder. D. acute stress disorder.