The koro and dhat syndromes of the Far East share some clinical features with ______.
a. Mnchhausen syndrome c. conversion disorder
b. hypochondriasis d. Briquette's syndrome
Question 2Which of the following is true regarding anorexia nervosa?
a. Young girls with anorexia nervosa starve themselves in an attempt to look more masculine.
b. Women with anorexia nervosa have little difficulty adjusting to college life and living independently.
c. People with anorexia nervosa see themselves as too fat despite having dangerously low body
weight.
d. People with anorexia nervosa eat very little because they have lost their appetite for food.
Question 3Greg has been using drugs for three years. He feels powerless to resist his cravings for drugs.
His whole life revolves around his next high. Nothing else matters to him. He has lost his
job.
His wife and children have left him, and all he can say is They didn't understand Now
he is robbing banks to get money to support his 7,000 per week habit. He is in the ______
stage of drug dependence.
a. experimentation c. addiction or dependence
b. routine use d. toxic use
Question 4Selective abstraction is a process used in which of the following cognitive distortions?
a. magnification and minimization c. jumping to conclusions
b. mental filter d. labeling and mislabeling
Question 5Factitious disorder imposed on another is a controversial diagnosis and remains under study by the psychiatric community because____________.
a. the individuals imposing the illness most likely already would meet criteria for another diagnosis in the DSM-5
b. it appears to put a diagnostic label on abusive behavior
c. intent on the part of the caregiver is hard to quantify
d. the abusive behavior toward the child may be reflective of an underlying borderline personality disorder
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