MRI images of the brains of individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder indicate that grey matter abnormalities in areas are related to ____.
a. emotional processing
b. interference by neurotransmitters
c. cognitive processing
d. irregularity of transmission among specific neurotransmitters
Question 2Which statement is suggested by research comparing African American women and white women?
a. Because African American women perceive themselves as being heavier than they actually are, they do not believe it is important to change their normal eating patterns.
b. Media messages equating thinness with beauty have less impact on African American women.
c. African American women are less likely than white women to have anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder.
d. Because African American women have nonassertive roles in relationships and in the community, they are more influenced than white women by gender-restrictive messages.
Question 3Which statements regarding ECT is accurate?
a. ECT is usually reserved for severe depressions that have not responded to drug treatment.
b. Because of the negative side effects of ECT, it is no longer used in the United States.
c. The effects of ECT on reducing depressive symptoms have been well understood by researchers.
d. ECT is generally the first treatment used with severely depressed individuals.
Question 4A process of ____ occurs in which women or men and girls or boys begin to evaluate themselves according to external standards.
a. social comparison
b. maladaptive perfectionism
c. self-evaluation
d. dieting
Question 5In comparing African American women with white American women, which statement is accurate?
a. Fewer African American women tend to be satisfied with their body size, weight, and appearance than are white women.
b. Fewer African American women than white American women appear to have bulimia.
c. Fewer African American women than white American women appear to have binge-eating disorder.
d. African American women are more concerned about weight.
Question 6A recent concern about the use of SSRIs for treating depression is ____.
a. their potential for addiction
b. that their use may result in tremors and blurred vision
c. the potential for suicide among young people
d. that their use may result in an lethal tyramine-cheese reaction
Question 7Norm is prescribed an MAOI by his psychiatrist. What is his likely diagnosis?
a. depression
b. anxiety
c. bipolar I disorder
d. bipolar II disorder
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