A Finnish study (Sourander et al., 2009 ) examined predictive associations between early child ...

A Finnish study (Sourander et al., 2009 ) examined predictive associations between early child psychopathology and later completed suicides.
 
  The findings indicate that _____ of _____ who completed suicide and/or were hospitalized for attempts in adolescence or early adulthood screened positive on parent or teacher scales of psychopathology at age _____.
 
  a) 78; females; 12
  b) 78; males; 8
  c) 56; females; 8
  d) 56; males; 12

Question 2

Which of the following is not a symptom of oppositional defiant disorder?
 
  a) Stealing
  b) Temper tantrums
  c) Refusing to follow directions
  d) Annoying others deliberately

Question 3

Women are diagnosed most often as having which of the following paraphilias?
 
  a) Transsexualism
  b) Transvestic fetishism
  c) Exhibitionism
  d) Sexual sadism

Question 4

Connie is a 47-year-old woman with schizophrenia. She has recently begun taking Haldol (a neuroleptic), but her family recently read about extrapyramidal side effects and has raised their concern with her psychiatrist.
 
  What would be the optimal course of action for the psychiatrist to take?
 
  a) Reassure the family, since these side effects are rare and easily reversed when the medication is withdrawn.
  b) Keep the dosage low and have medication holidays where Connie does not take the drug for periods of time when she is doing well.
  c) Try one of the newer drugs for treating schizophrenia that do not have these side effects.
  d) Discontinue the drug immediately; the psychiatrist is out of date in his or her training and should not have prescribed this medication.

Question 5

A four year study at a hospital in Alberta found that people with lower SES, compared to those with high SES, had a ______ greater likelihood of presenting to the emergency department.
 
  a) 7
  b) 23
  c) 49
  d) 72

Question 6

How does oppositional defiant disorder (ODd) differ from conduct disorder (CD)?
 
  a) Children with ODD do not exhibit extreme physical aggressiveness
  b) Children with ODD do not typically lose their temper
  c) Children with ODD will usually comply with requests from adults
  d) Children with ODD are not vindictive