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PSYCH 255 Exam 2 | Questions with 100% Correct Answers The results of family and twin studies suggest that one of the main causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder is/are -a traumatic experience. -genetics. -a brain injury that affects the orbitofrontal cortex. -a learned fear of germs. Which of the following individuals is most likely to have hoarding disorder based on the description of symptoms alone? Sheri is a 49-year-old woman who has suffered depression and anxiety. She lives alone and w...

LCSW Questions – Practice Questions and Answers Graded A+ A school therapist receives a referral for a 10-year-old boy for inattention and poor grades. During observations and interactions with the student, the therapist experiences the boy as intelligent and highly verbal but notes that he has difficulty following instructions and often leaves assignments only partially completed. The boy's school records indicate that he was an above average student until the 3rd grade. The initial diagnos...

CMAN 272 Final Exam 2023 with complete solution Personality The sum total of a person's internal and external patterns of adjustment of life Personality traits Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to and thinking about the environment and oneself; exhibited in social and personal contexts - introvert, extrovert Personality disorders: Common characteristics Inflexible and maladaptive responses to stress Disability in working and loving Ability to evoke interpersonal conflict Capa...

Which is the usual age of onset for cyclothymic disorders? a. Childhood b. Adolescence c. Middle adulthood d. Late adulthood b. Adolescence Cyclothymic disorders usually begin in adolescence or early adulthood. They typically begin later than childhood but earlier than middle or late adulthood. A nurse is caring for a patient with severe depression. After 4 months of treatment, the nurse tells the patient, "Depression is an illness that is beyond a person ' s voluntary control." In ...

PSY 308 Final Exam | Questions, Answers and Rationales In infants, strong dishabituation to "action at a distance" is interpreted as an expectation that a launching event A. is required for objects to act on each other. B. is required for social beings to act on each other. C. would not be required for either social beings or objects to act on each other. D. would not be required to move an object. It is thought that infants do not expect one object will influence another without touching it...

The MSE explores all the areas of mental functioning and denotes evidence of signs and symptoms of mental illnesses. Data are gathered for the mental status examination throughout the interview from the initial moments of the interaction, including what the patient is wearing and their general presentation. Most of the information does not require direct questioning, and the information gathered from observation may give the clinician a different dataset than patient responses. Direct questi...

nonessential physiological processes shut down (i.e. digestion & reproduction), energy is channeled into a host of functions preparing for rapid action. - correct answer When a person or animal confronts actual (or perceived) danger situations, what neurochemical and hormonal reactions start to occur? cortex, amygdala - correct answer Stressful events are perceived at the __________, processed at the _______, which then activates lower brain areas & puts the limbic system on alert nore...

NSG 552 Psychopharmacology Exam 1 Study Guide – Complete Latest 2024/2025. Phenylalanine (amino acid from diet) -> phenyalanine hydroxylase -> Tyrosine -> Tyrosine hydroxylase -> DOPA -> Dopa decarboxylase -> Dopamine KEY POINT: Dopamine is synthesized directly from tyrosine or indirectly from phenylalanine • Dopamine is packed and stored into synaptic vesicles via the vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) and stored until its release into the synapse. • When dopam...

The MSE explores all the areas of mental functioning and denotes evidence of signs and symptoms of mental illnesses. Data are gathered for the mental status examination throughout the interview from the initial moments of the interaction, including what the patient is wearing and their general presentation. Most of the information does not require direct questioning, and the information gathered from observation may give the clinician a different dataset than patient responses. Direct questio...

Chapter 1 The Beginning of Life: Pregnancy Through Preschool I. CHILDBIRTH AND THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD A. Birth rate and cesarean birth 1. About 4 million children are born each year in the United States; 23% of all births are by cesarean section. 2. The number of cesarean births declined from 1989 to 1996, partly in response to increasing evidence that women often undergo unnecessary surgical procedures. Since 1996 the rate has been rising and is now as high as it was in 1989. ...