NCLEX: Psychological Disorders and Treatment Exam Elaboration |100% Correct|

NCLEX: Psychological Disorders and Treatment Exam Elaboration |100% Correct| _____ _____ disorder consists of persistent anxiety for at least 6 months, and the individual with this disorder cannot specify the reasons for the anxiety. *Ans*Generalized anxiety _____ _____ disorder is characterized by an intense fear of being embarrassed in a social situation. *Ans*Social anxiety _____ _____ disorder refers to a range of neurodevelopmental disorders involving impaired social interaction and communication, repetitive behavior, and restricted interests. *Ans*Autism spectrum _____ behavior is behavior that is deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressful over a relatively long period of time. *Ans*Abnormal _____ differences make it difficult to compare psychological disorders across the many countries, nations or regions. *Ans*Cultural _____ disorder involves compulsive collecting, poor organization skills, and difficulty throwing things away. *Ans*Hoarding _____ disorder is an anxiety disorder marked by recurrent sudden onsets of intense apprehension or terror. *Ans*Panic _____ disorders are psychological disorders that feature fears that are uncontrollable, disproportionate to the actual danger the person might be in, and disruptive of ordinary life. *Ans*Anxiety _____ disorders typically manifest in childhood and are linked to genetic variations, abnormal brain development, or prenatal exposure to toxins that adversely affect development. *Ans*Neurodevelopmental _____ factors are characteristics, experiences, or exposures that increase the probability of a person developing a disorder. *Ans*Risk _____ is a nonmedical process that helps people with psychological disorders recognize and overcome their problems. *Ans*Psychotherapy _____ refers to the presence of two or more disorders at the same time. *Ans*Comorbidity ______ occurs when a person experiences recurrent, sudden onsets of intense terror, often without warning and with no specific cause. A. Panic disorder B. Agoraphobia C. Specific phobia D. Generalized anxiety disorder *Ans*A. Panic disorder _____-_____ disorder (OCD) involves anxiety-provoking thoughts that will not go away and/or urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic behaviors to prevent or produce some future situation. *Ans*Obsessive Compulsive A _____ _____ is an anxiety disorder in which the individual has an irrational, overwhelming, persistent fear of a particular object or situation. *Ans*specific phobia A headline reads, "Full moon explains increase in traffic citations," is an example of a(n) ____________. A. illusory correlation B. hyperbole C. confirmation bias D. superstition *Ans*A. illusory correlate A(n) _____ _____ means that when two vivid events occur at the same time, they are mistakenly perceived as linked. *Ans*illusory correlation Bill is considered to have psychological _______ because he has a diagnosis of alcohol use disorder and major depressive disorder. A. comorbidity B. concurrence C. clarity D. distress *Ans*A. comorbidity Heather often pulls her hair out from the scalp, as well as other areas of the body. Heather may be diagnosed with ______, which is related to OCD. A. hoarding disorder B. trichotillomania C. body dysmorphic disorder D. excoriation *Ans*B. trichotillomania How are somatoform disorder and somatic symptom disorder different? Match the descriptions with the appropriate disorders. A. Somatic Symptom Disorder B. Somatoform Disorder 1. Diagnosed based on a person having excessive thoughts and feelings about an imaginary physical symptom 2. Part of DSM-IV 3. Part of DSM-5 4. Diagnosed based on a person having a physical symptom and then having excessive thoughts and feelings about symptom. *Ans*A. Somatic Symptom Disorder 3. Part of DSM-5 4. Diagnosed based on a person having a physical symptom and then having excessive thoughts and feelings about symptom. B. Somatoform Disorder