MFT EXAM - QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WELL VERIFIED .GRADED
A+
major depressive disorder - ANSWER -A mood disorder in which a
person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two
or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of
worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities.
Dysthymia (Persistent Depressive Disorder) - ANSWER -a low-grade
chronic depression with symptoms that are milder than those of severe
depression but are present on a majority of days for 2 or more years
,PTSD - ANSWER -A disorder in which a person has lingering memories,
nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely
threatening, uncontrollable event. Only diagnosable 4 weeks following
incident.
Reactive Attachment Disorder - ANSWER -Attachment disorder in
which a child with disturbed behavior neither seeks out a caregiver nor
responds to offers of help from one; fearfulness and sadness are often
evident. Disturbance evident before age 5.
schizoaffective disorder - ANSWER -a psychological disorder
characterized by the combination of mood and psychotic symptoms; in
this disorder, both the symptoms of schizophrenia and a major
depressive, manic, or mixed episode are experienced for at least one
month. Diagnosable only after 6 months of symptoms.
schizophreniform disorder - ANSWER -Psychotic disorder involving the
symptoms of schizophrenia lasting at least one month, less than 6
months.
short duration depressive episode - ANSWER -Symptoms present for 4
to 13 days.
,Cluster A personality disorders (odd/eccentric/strange/bizarre) -
ANSWER -paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
Cluster B personality disorders (dramatic/ disruptive) - ANSWER -
Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic
Cluster C: Anxious/Fearful - ANSWER -avoidant, dependent, obsessive-
compulsive
schizoid personality disorder - ANSWER -a personality disorder
characterized by persistent avoidance of social relationships and little
expression of emotion. "the hermit"
schizotypal personality disorder - ANSWER -Person has several traits
that causes interpersonal problems, including inappropriate affect,
paranoid/magical thinking, off beliefs. "weird"
Behavioral Disorders in Children - ANSWER -ODD, Conduct,
Intermittent Explosive, ADHD, Reactive Attachment, Disinhibited Social
Engagement, Autism Spectrum
, Rumination Disorder - ANSWER -the regurgitation of recently eaten
food into the mouth followed by either rechewing, re-swallowing, or
spitting it out
family projection process (Bowen) - ANSWER -undifferentiated parents
project tensions and anxiety onto the most susceptible /sensitive child.
This causes triangulation, the child become symptomatic and the
parents focus on the child, rather than on themselves. The mechanisms
by which parental conflicts are projected onto child or spouse.
Differentiation (bowen) - ANSWER -ability to separate feeling and
thinking. Undifferentiated people cannot separate feeling and thinking.
Their intellects are flooded with feelings, they can't think rationally, and
they can't separate their own from other people's feelings.
Differentiation is the process of freeing oneself from one's family,
realizing one's own involvement in problematic relationship systems as
opposed to blaming others, but being able to be emotionally related to
members.
Congruence - ANSWER -state of being in which our thoughts about our
real and ideal selves are very similar
First-order Changes (Strategic Family Therapy) - ANSWER -Superficial
behavioral changes within a system that do not change the structure of
the system.
DETAILED ANSWERS WELL VERIFIED .GRADED
A+
major depressive disorder - ANSWER -A mood disorder in which a
person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two
or more weeks of significantly depressed moods, feelings of
worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities.
Dysthymia (Persistent Depressive Disorder) - ANSWER -a low-grade
chronic depression with symptoms that are milder than those of severe
depression but are present on a majority of days for 2 or more years
,PTSD - ANSWER -A disorder in which a person has lingering memories,
nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely
threatening, uncontrollable event. Only diagnosable 4 weeks following
incident.
Reactive Attachment Disorder - ANSWER -Attachment disorder in
which a child with disturbed behavior neither seeks out a caregiver nor
responds to offers of help from one; fearfulness and sadness are often
evident. Disturbance evident before age 5.
schizoaffective disorder - ANSWER -a psychological disorder
characterized by the combination of mood and psychotic symptoms; in
this disorder, both the symptoms of schizophrenia and a major
depressive, manic, or mixed episode are experienced for at least one
month. Diagnosable only after 6 months of symptoms.
schizophreniform disorder - ANSWER -Psychotic disorder involving the
symptoms of schizophrenia lasting at least one month, less than 6
months.
short duration depressive episode - ANSWER -Symptoms present for 4
to 13 days.
,Cluster A personality disorders (odd/eccentric/strange/bizarre) -
ANSWER -paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
Cluster B personality disorders (dramatic/ disruptive) - ANSWER -
Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic
Cluster C: Anxious/Fearful - ANSWER -avoidant, dependent, obsessive-
compulsive
schizoid personality disorder - ANSWER -a personality disorder
characterized by persistent avoidance of social relationships and little
expression of emotion. "the hermit"
schizotypal personality disorder - ANSWER -Person has several traits
that causes interpersonal problems, including inappropriate affect,
paranoid/magical thinking, off beliefs. "weird"
Behavioral Disorders in Children - ANSWER -ODD, Conduct,
Intermittent Explosive, ADHD, Reactive Attachment, Disinhibited Social
Engagement, Autism Spectrum
, Rumination Disorder - ANSWER -the regurgitation of recently eaten
food into the mouth followed by either rechewing, re-swallowing, or
spitting it out
family projection process (Bowen) - ANSWER -undifferentiated parents
project tensions and anxiety onto the most susceptible /sensitive child.
This causes triangulation, the child become symptomatic and the
parents focus on the child, rather than on themselves. The mechanisms
by which parental conflicts are projected onto child or spouse.
Differentiation (bowen) - ANSWER -ability to separate feeling and
thinking. Undifferentiated people cannot separate feeling and thinking.
Their intellects are flooded with feelings, they can't think rationally, and
they can't separate their own from other people's feelings.
Differentiation is the process of freeing oneself from one's family,
realizing one's own involvement in problematic relationship systems as
opposed to blaming others, but being able to be emotionally related to
members.
Congruence - ANSWER -state of being in which our thoughts about our
real and ideal selves are very similar
First-order Changes (Strategic Family Therapy) - ANSWER -Superficial
behavioral changes within a system that do not change the structure of
the system.
