Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when, without warning,
her heart begins racing rapidly, she starts sweating profusely, and she is gripped with a terrifying fear that she is about to go crazy. She thinks she is having a heart attack. Nothing she is doing seems to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms most resemble _____.
A) a phobic disorder
B) a panic attack
Correct. A panic attack is a sudden onset of extreme panic with physical symptoms.
C) post-traumatic stress
Incorrect. Post-traumatic stress is a persisting anxiety in the wake of a terrifying event, not a sudden onset of extreme panic with physical symptoms.
D) a compulsion
Answer: B
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A. illness B. biopsychosocial C. wellness D. social ecology
What happens if children have growth hormone deficiencies?
A. They will grow much faster than their peers. B. They will show slowed growth throughout childhood and adolescence. C. They will show slowed growth until they reach adolescence when the thyroid gland takes over. D. They will require a transplant surgery in order to replace the defective thyroid gland.
Ted fell yesterday while playing hockey. His knee is now swollen. This inflammation is due to the functioning of the
a. endocrine system. c. nervous system. b. immune system. d. all of these.
Parental post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is __________
A) a strong predictor of child PTSD B) not correlated with child PTSD C) unrelated to GR methylation D) weakly associated with child PTSD