During times of political conservatism and economic hardship, people tend to emphasize
a. individual causes of abnormal behavior.
b. physical causes of abnormal behavior.
c. biological treatments such as psychosurgery.
d. all of these.
Question 2Medically unexplained symptoms, not part of another mental disorder, are referred to as
a. dysfunctional somatization.
b. presenting somatization.
c. functional somatization.
d. psychosomatic somatization.
Question 3The text example on neatness and OCD is meant to point out
a. having a symptom that does not cause dysfunction is not a disorder.
b. everyone is susceptible to OCD if given enough stress.
c. OCD is an entirely genetic predisposition.
d. all anxiety disorders are interchangeable.
Question 4People with somatic symptom disorder most commonly complain of
a. pain in an area of the body difficult to assess.
b. burning sensations in an area of the body difficult to assess.
c. pain in an area of the body easy to assess.
d. tenderness in an area of the body easy to assess.
Question 5Approximately adults in the United States will experience a mental disorder every year.
a. five in ten
b. two in three
c. one in ten
d. one in four
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