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Chapter 01: Psychopathology in Historical Context
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. When using the psychological disorder criteria, when would an individual be assessed as having psychological
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dysfunction?
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a. when their behavioural functioning is breaking down
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b. when they are extremely distressed q q q q
c. when their behaviour violates social normsq q q q q
d. when they avoid interactions with other people
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2. Kai, a college student, began feeling sad and lonely. Although he is still able to go to classes and work at his job, Kai
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finds himself feeling down much of the time and he worries about what is happening to him. Which part of the
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definition of a psychological disorder applies to his situation?
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a. personal distress q
b. lack of social support q q q
c. impaired functioning q
d. violation of societal norms q q q
3. Which of the following is NOT considered to be part of the definition of a psychological disorder?
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a. personal distress q
b. rarity
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d. violation of societal norms q q q
4. Frank drinks three bottles of wine each day and believes he would be fine if people would just ―mind their
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own business.‖ Which criterion for a psychological disorder is absent from this scenario?
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a. objective harm to others q q q
b. personal distress q
c. maladaptiveness
d. qualitative uniqueness q
5. Popular musician Lady Gaga attended an awards show wearing a dress made completely of meat. Why might Lady
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Gaga wearing a meat dress be considered disordered?
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a. Her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort.
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b. She has an inability to distinguish right from wrong.
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c. It is a deviation from what is typical in her society.
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d. She shows an inability to function effectively.
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6. In most Western societies, what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes they are possessed?
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a. The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic disorder.
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b. The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.
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c. The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder.
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d. The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.
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7. According to Wakefield, harmful dysfunction includes the consideration of harm, distress, and which of the following?
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a. the failure of biological and psychological mechanisms
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b. the success of treatment
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c. that the behaviour is beyond the individual's control
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d. that the behaviour is protective
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8. Rina has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized. Which of the following would Thomas Szasz most
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likely argue?
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a. Rina should not be hospitalized because doing so will only make their symptoms worse.
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b. Rina’s behaviour does not represent an illness like diabetes, and schizophrenia is merely a label applied on the
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basis of highly subjective judgments.
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c. Rina’s schizophrenia is a serious illness that is best treated with a combination of drugs and family therapy.
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d. Rina should be assessed further because mistakes in diagnosis are made frequently.
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9. What is the formal definition of psychopathology?
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a. the medications used to treat some psychological disorders
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b. the criteria used to define psychological disorders
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c. the psychological therapies used to treat psychological disorders
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d. the scientific study of psychological disorders
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10. What does the term psychotherapist describe?
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b. people who provide therapy but who do not hold medical degrees
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c. people who follow the traditions of Sigmund Freud q q q q q q q
d. anyone who can provide therapy to members of the public
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11. After graduation, two of your friends express an interest in psychology careers. Rohan wants to work with
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relatively healthy individuals who are experiencing adjustment or vocational difficulties. Anna wants to focus on the
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more severe psychological disorders and conduct research into their causes. Because you are studying
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psychopathology, they ask you for career advice. What do you tell them?
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a. Rohan should study psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should apply to medical school.
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b. Rohan should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should study counselling psychology
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at the graduate level.
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c. Both of them should apply to medical school.
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d. Anna should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Rohan should study counselling psychology
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at the graduate level.
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12. What is one of the three ways a mental health practitioner can function as a scientist-practitioner?
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a. by writing textbooks q q
b. by evaluating clinical practice
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c. by prescribing medications
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d. by teaching students q q
13. A scientist-practitioner that evaluates their own treatment procedures to see whether they work and to generate new
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knowledge is engaging in which approach?
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a. prescription
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d. practice-based evidence q
14. A client was feeling very depressed. A professional thought the cause of the client's problem was an excess of a
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specific neurotransmitter and prescribed a drug to treat them. What kind of professional was this most likely to
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be?
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a. a clinical psychologist
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b. a social worker
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c. a psychiatric social worker
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d. a psychiatristq
15. Along with those who are registered with their provincial or territorial board or college, university professors are also
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permitted to call themselves which of the following?
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a. therapists
b. psychiatrists
c. psychologists
d. psychotherapists
16. Which of the following mental health professions had the greatest number of practising professionals in Canada
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in 2019?
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a. psychiatrists
b. psychologists
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d. social workers q
17. What is the relationship between a presenting problem and a clinical description?
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a. Obtaining the patient’s clinical description is the first step in determining what the patient’s presenting
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problem is.
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b. Describing the patient’s presenting problem is the first step in determining the patient’s clinical description.
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c. The presenting problem refers to the current status of a distressed individual; the clinical description refers to
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the treatment plan.
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d. The presenting problem refers to symptoms that last only a short time, whereas the clinical description refers
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to symptoms that are chronic.
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18. Statistical data are relevant to researchers. For example, one major epidemiological study found that about 7.8
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percent of people in North America have had a mood disorder at some point in their lives and that 3.7 percent have
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experienced a mood disorder over the past year. What do the 7.8 percent and 3.7 percent statistics refer to, respectively?
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a. incidence; prevalence q
b. incidence; recurrence q
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19. Psychological disorders can be described as following a typical course or an individual pattern. Disorders that tend to
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last a long time follow one type of course, whereas disorders that show a discontinuous, recurrent pattern follow
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another type of course. What are these courses, respectively?
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Edition By Martin Lalumière, David Barlow, Mark Durand, Stefan Hofmann (All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+
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Grade)
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Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: Psychopathology in Historical Context
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. When using the psychological disorder criteria, when would an individual be assessed as having psychological
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dysfunction?
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a. when their behavioural functioning is breaking down
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b. when they are extremely distressed q q q q
c. when their behaviour violates social normsq q q q q
d. when they avoid interactions with other people
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2. Kai, a college student, began feeling sad and lonely. Although he is still able to go to classes and work at his job, Kai
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finds himself feeling down much of the time and he worries about what is happening to him. Which part of the
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definition of a psychological disorder applies to his situation?
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a. personal distress q
b. lack of social support q q q
c. impaired functioning q
d. violation of societal norms q q q
3. Which of the following is NOT considered to be part of the definition of a psychological disorder?
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a. personal distress q
b. rarity
c. psychological dysfunction q
d. violation of societal norms q q q
4. Frank drinks three bottles of wine each day and believes he would be fine if people would just ―mind their
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own business.‖ Which criterion for a psychological disorder is absent from this scenario?
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a. objective harm to others q q q
b. personal distress q
c. maladaptiveness
d. qualitative uniqueness q
5. Popular musician Lady Gaga attended an awards show wearing a dress made completely of meat. Why might Lady
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
Gaga wearing a meat dress be considered disordered?
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a. Her behaviour demonstrates a sense of subjective discomfort.
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b. She has an inability to distinguish right from wrong.
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c. It is a deviation from what is typical in her society.
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d. She shows an inability to function effectively.
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6. In most Western societies, what happens when a person enters a trance state and believes they are possessed?
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a. The person is believed to be suffering from a psychotic disorder.
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b. The person is diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.
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c. The person may be viewed as having a psychological disorder.
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d. The person can be cured with antipsychotic medication.
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7. According to Wakefield, harmful dysfunction includes the consideration of harm, distress, and which of the following?
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a. the failure of biological and psychological mechanisms
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Cognero
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Chapter 01: Psychopathology in Historical Context
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b. the success of treatment
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c. that the behaviour is beyond the individual's control
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d. that the behaviour is protective
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8. Rina has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized. Which of the following would Thomas Szasz most
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likely argue?
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a. Rina should not be hospitalized because doing so will only make their symptoms worse.
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b. Rina’s behaviour does not represent an illness like diabetes, and schizophrenia is merely a label applied on the
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basis of highly subjective judgments.
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c. Rina’s schizophrenia is a serious illness that is best treated with a combination of drugs and family therapy.
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d. Rina should be assessed further because mistakes in diagnosis are made frequently.
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9. What is the formal definition of psychopathology?
q q q q q q
a. the medications used to treat some psychological disorders
q q q q q q q
b. the criteria used to define psychological disorders
q q q q q q
c. the psychological therapies used to treat psychological disorders
q q q q q q q
d. the scientific study of psychological disorders
q q q q q
10. What does the term psychotherapist describe?
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a. clinical psychologists and psychiatrists only q q q q
b. people who provide therapy but who do not hold medical degrees
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c. people who follow the traditions of Sigmund Freud q q q q q q q
d. anyone who can provide therapy to members of the public
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11. After graduation, two of your friends express an interest in psychology careers. Rohan wants to work with
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
relatively healthy individuals who are experiencing adjustment or vocational difficulties. Anna wants to focus on the
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
more severe psychological disorders and conduct research into their causes. Because you are studying
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psychopathology, they ask you for career advice. What do you tell them?
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a. Rohan should study psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should apply to medical school.
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b. Rohan should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Anna should study counselling psychology
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at the graduate level.
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c. Both of them should apply to medical school.
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d. Anna should study clinical psychology at the graduate level, and Rohan should study counselling psychology
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at the graduate level.
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12. What is one of the three ways a mental health practitioner can function as a scientist-practitioner?
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a. by writing textbooks q q
b. by evaluating clinical practice
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c. by prescribing medications
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d. by teaching students q q
13. A scientist-practitioner that evaluates their own treatment procedures to see whether they work and to generate new
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knowledge is engaging in which approach?
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a. prescription
b. evidence-based practice q
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Cognero
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: Psychopathology in Historical Context
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c. creation of research q q
d. practice-based evidence q
14. A client was feeling very depressed. A professional thought the cause of the client's problem was an excess of a
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
specific neurotransmitter and prescribed a drug to treat them. What kind of professional was this most likely to
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be?
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a. a clinical psychologist
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b. a social worker
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c. a psychiatric social worker
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d. a psychiatristq
15. Along with those who are registered with their provincial or territorial board or college, university professors are also
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permitted to call themselves which of the following?
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a. therapists
b. psychiatrists
c. psychologists
d. psychotherapists
16. Which of the following mental health professions had the greatest number of practising professionals in Canada
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in 2019?
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a. psychiatrists
b. psychologists
c. psychiatric nurses q
d. social workers q
17. What is the relationship between a presenting problem and a clinical description?
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a. Obtaining the patient’s clinical description is the first step in determining what the patient’s presenting
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problem is.
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b. Describing the patient’s presenting problem is the first step in determining the patient’s clinical description.
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c. The presenting problem refers to the current status of a distressed individual; the clinical description refers to
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the treatment plan.
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d. The presenting problem refers to symptoms that last only a short time, whereas the clinical description refers
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to symptoms that are chronic.
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18. Statistical data are relevant to researchers. For example, one major epidemiological study found that about 7.8
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
percent of people in North America have had a mood disorder at some point in their lives and that 3.7 percent have
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experienced a mood disorder over the past year. What do the 7.8 percent and 3.7 percent statistics refer to, respectively?
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a. incidence; prevalence q
b. incidence; recurrence q
c. proportion; prevalence q
d. prevalence; incidence q
19. Psychological disorders can be described as following a typical course or an individual pattern. Disorders that tend to
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last a long time follow one type of course, whereas disorders that show a discontinuous, recurrent pattern follow
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another type of course. What are these courses, respectively?
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a. chronic; episodic q
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