HIM 1101 - Psychiatry (Topic 17) Test
Questions and All Correct Answers
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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (abbreviation) - Answer ADHD
Cognitive behavioral therapy (abbreviation) - Answer CBT
Delirium tremens (abbreviation) - Answer DT
Electroconvulsive therapy (abbreviation) - Answer ECT
Ethyl alcohol or ethanol (abbreviation) - Answer ETOH
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (abbreviation) - Answer OCD
Overdose (abbreviation) - Answer OD
Post traumatic stress disorder (abbreviation) - Answer PTSD
An obsession (suffix) - Answer -mania
Extreme; too; extremity (combining form) - Answer acr/o-
Theft; stealing (combining form) - Answer klept/o-
Child; foot (combining form) - Answer ped/o-
Having an affinity or love for (combining form) - Answer phil/o-
Fear, panic, or morbid dread (combining form) - Answer phob/o-
Mind; diaphragm (combining form) - Answer phren/o-
, Fire; heat (combining form) - Answer pyr/o-
Split; cleft, divided (combining form) - Answer schiz/o-
Acrophobia - Answer The irrational fear of heights
Addiction - Answer An uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance such as
alcohol or another drug
Affect - Answer The emotional feeling, tone, and mood attached to a thought, including its
external manifestations; especially as demonstrated by postural and facial expressions
Amnesia - Answer An impairment to or lack of memory of events
Anorexia nervosa - Answer An eating disorder characterized by extreme attempts to control
the diet and/or an aversion to food; symptoms include extreme weight loss, weakness, and
dulling of hair and skin; this affects young women the most
Antisocial personality disorder - Answer A personality disorder characterized by a
conspicuous disregard for the rights and needs of others; this behavior begins before age 15 and
includes such behaviors as truancy, delinquency, theft, and vandalism
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Answer A disorder in which a person is
unable to control behavior due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli, accompanied by an
extremely high level of motor activity; can affect children as well as adults; the individual may
be extremely distractible, unable to remain still, and very talkative
Autism - Answer A spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by deficits in social
interaction and communication and by unusual and repetitive behavior; some, but not all,
people with this disorder are nonverbal; usually diagnosed before age 6
Avoidant personality disorder - Answer Characterized by avoidance or moving away from
something; marked by extreme shyness and sensitivity to rejection; the person becomes socially
withdrawn and forms relationships with only those willing to give uncritical acceptance
Bipolar disorder - Answer A disorder in which the patient cycles through uncontrollable mood
states; involves cycles of depression, hypomania (elevated mood), mania (extremely elevated
mood), and in some cases, psychosis
Questions and All Correct Answers
2026 Updated.
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (abbreviation) - Answer ADHD
Cognitive behavioral therapy (abbreviation) - Answer CBT
Delirium tremens (abbreviation) - Answer DT
Electroconvulsive therapy (abbreviation) - Answer ECT
Ethyl alcohol or ethanol (abbreviation) - Answer ETOH
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (abbreviation) - Answer OCD
Overdose (abbreviation) - Answer OD
Post traumatic stress disorder (abbreviation) - Answer PTSD
An obsession (suffix) - Answer -mania
Extreme; too; extremity (combining form) - Answer acr/o-
Theft; stealing (combining form) - Answer klept/o-
Child; foot (combining form) - Answer ped/o-
Having an affinity or love for (combining form) - Answer phil/o-
Fear, panic, or morbid dread (combining form) - Answer phob/o-
Mind; diaphragm (combining form) - Answer phren/o-
, Fire; heat (combining form) - Answer pyr/o-
Split; cleft, divided (combining form) - Answer schiz/o-
Acrophobia - Answer The irrational fear of heights
Addiction - Answer An uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance such as
alcohol or another drug
Affect - Answer The emotional feeling, tone, and mood attached to a thought, including its
external manifestations; especially as demonstrated by postural and facial expressions
Amnesia - Answer An impairment to or lack of memory of events
Anorexia nervosa - Answer An eating disorder characterized by extreme attempts to control
the diet and/or an aversion to food; symptoms include extreme weight loss, weakness, and
dulling of hair and skin; this affects young women the most
Antisocial personality disorder - Answer A personality disorder characterized by a
conspicuous disregard for the rights and needs of others; this behavior begins before age 15 and
includes such behaviors as truancy, delinquency, theft, and vandalism
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Answer A disorder in which a person is
unable to control behavior due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli, accompanied by an
extremely high level of motor activity; can affect children as well as adults; the individual may
be extremely distractible, unable to remain still, and very talkative
Autism - Answer A spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by deficits in social
interaction and communication and by unusual and repetitive behavior; some, but not all,
people with this disorder are nonverbal; usually diagnosed before age 6
Avoidant personality disorder - Answer Characterized by avoidance or moving away from
something; marked by extreme shyness and sensitivity to rejection; the person becomes socially
withdrawn and forms relationships with only those willing to give uncritical acceptance
Bipolar disorder - Answer A disorder in which the patient cycles through uncontrollable mood
states; involves cycles of depression, hypomania (elevated mood), mania (extremely elevated
mood), and in some cases, psychosis
