Consider these suicidal patients: Mary is in the depths of a severe depression. Jack is hospitalized for depression. Patty has just gotten her first weekend pass from the psychiatric hospital. Who is at highest risk for suicide?
a. Mary
b. Jack
c. Patty
d. Mary and Patty are equally high risks.
c
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a. senile dementia. b. Korsakoff's syndrome. c. Alzheimer's disease. d. vascular dementia.
Much of the problem with deinstitutionalization appears to be the ____
a. lack of community preparation and resources for discharged patients b. ineffectiveness of medication given to discharged patients c. poor quality of care patients received in the hospital d. frequency with which misdiagnoses are made by mental health professionals
Alice is shown a candle. She can see it, describe it, and even draw it; but she cannot name it. Alice is suffering from
a. expressive aphasia. b. spatial neglect. c. dyslexia. d. visual agnosia.
By systematically moving a feared rabbit closer and closer to Peter as he (Peter) ate lunch, Watson and Jones:
a. made use of procedures which would later be known as shock therapy b. eliminated Peter’s fear of the rabbit but not his fear of related objects c. inspired the famous story of “Peter and the Rabbit” d. eliminated Peter’s fear of the rabbit and reduced his fear of related objects