Children with ADHD show brain area volumes that are undersized

Children with ADHD show brain area volumes that are undersized
 
  a. in a few key regions.
  b. no differently than non-ADHD children.
  c. in many brain areas.
  d. in one brain area only.

Question 2

Emile is trying to develop a new way of organizing and thinking about mental disorders. He decides he will have two broad categories that deal with either mood or cognition, and cross those with two other broad categories indicating whether or not the person has dysfunction that is mild or severe. This will create four possible categories for disorders to fall in. Emile is working on a(n) system for mental disorders.
 
  a. assessment
  b. classification
  c. dimensional
  d. cultural

Question 3

A cognitive-behavioral approach to bulimia nervosa includes
 
  a. arbitrary values, image reality, and short-term goals.
  b. critique of social standards, challenging beliefs, and developing normal eating patterns.
  c. rejecting culture, accepting change, and attitude adjustment.
  d. immediate and major changes in thought and behaviors .

Question 4

The most reliable finding from brain neuroimaging studies of youths with oppositional defiant conduct disorder is
 
  a. enlarged ventricles.
  b. less volume in the prefrontal cortex.
  c. corpus callosum deficit.
  d. basal ganglia enlargement.

Question 5

If you were diagnosed with a strange-sounding disease, you would likely seek more information. A benefit of diagnoses is that they help to
 
  a. ease the sense of uniqueness or loneliness people feel when something is wrong.
  b. categorize people with a disorder.
  c. stigmatize people with the disorder.
  d. allow people with a disorder to self-diagnose.

Question 6

Family therapists stress expressed emotion to ease
 
  a. overinvolvement.
  b. criticism.
  c. hostility among family members.
  d. all of the above are the focus of family therapists.