It is important that mental health professionals have an understanding of the effects of brain ...

It is important that mental health professionals have an understanding of the effects of brain damage because
 
  a. most of their patients will have brain damage.
  b. brain damage can result in symptoms that look like psychological conditions.
  c. many of the medications used to treat psychopathology cause brain damage.
  d. the effects of most forms of brain damage are reversible.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the brain is true?
 
  a. The skull is designed to support as much as 3 tons of weight.
  b. The brain is protected only by the skull.
  c. The human brain typically weights about 5 pounds.
  d. Brain damage rarely results in cognitive changes.

Question 3

What are the differences between binge-eating disorder and bulimia nervosa?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

According to your text, what can double the risk of acquiring Alzheimer's Disease?
 
  a. anxiety.
  b. psychosis.
  c. blindness
  d.depression.

Question 5

People with schizophrenia may have difficulty with the form of thought - in other words, their thoughts do not make sense. The observable sign of this is
 
  a. a delusion.
  b. a hallucination.
  c. disorganized speech.
  d. disorganized behavior.

Question 6

Neuroimaging studies of hallucinating patients suggest that auditory hallucinations
 
  a. are actually heard.
  b. are usually drug induced.
  c. may reflect a cognitive error.
  d. activate the brain areas involved in speech comprehension.