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Maris |is |plagued |by |a |constant |sense |of |dread |and |apprehension |about |the |future. |His |thinking |is |jumbled, |confused |and |he |has |difficulty |concentrating. |Physically, |he |is |jittery, |agitated, |and |constantly |feels |nauseated. |He |is |so |worried |about |his |own |bodily |sensations |and |the |fear |that |he |is |"losing |control," |that |he |has |difficulty |focusing |on |anything |else. |His |symptoms |are |most |suggestive |of |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔an |anxiety |disorder Bert |is |standing |in |a |shopping |mall |when |he |begins |having |difficulty |breathing. |He |feels |his |heart |pounding, |feels |weak |and |dizzy, |and |notices |that |he |is |perspiring |heavily. |He |feels |like |he |might |be |having |a |heart |attack. |At |the |very |least, |he |senses |he |is |losing |control |and |is |afraid |that |if |he's |not |having |a |heart |attack, |he |is |going |"crazy." |Assuming |that |Bert |is |not |having |an |actual |heart |attack, |he |is |most |likely |suffering |from |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔a |panic |attack Lindsay |has |a |panic |disorder. |Along |with |psychotherapy, |she |is |likely |to |be |prescribed |______ |medication. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔antidepressant Tony |has |an |excessive, |unrealistic |fear |of |snakes. |His |phobia |is |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔a |specific |phobia Marcia |always |feels |as |if |a |thousand |eyes |are |watching |every |move |she |makes, |just |waiting |to |find |a |flaw. |She |is |preoccupied |with |the |impression |she |makes |on |others |and |usually |assumes |she |has |made |a |negative |one. |As |a |result, |she |often |avoids |situations |in |which |she |will |have |to |deal |with |large |numbers |of |people. |She |is |best |described |as |having |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔a |social |phobia According |to |the |two-factor |model, |a |phobia |is |maintained |by |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔operant |conditioning The |idea |that |some |people |are |genetically |predisposed |to |acquire |phobic |responses |to |certain |classes |of |stimuli |is |called |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔prepared |conditioning
Ralph |visits |a |therapist |for |treatment |of |his |social |phobia. |His |therapist |points |out |how |Ralph |is |making |errors |in |how |he |judges |situations |and |people's |responses |to |him. |He |points |out |that |Ralph |dwells |on |his |own |weaknesses |and |flaws, |and |catastrophizes |disappointments |into |disasters. |Ralph's |therapist |is |most |likely |a |______ |therapist. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔cognitive |behavior Todd |spends |hours |checking |and |rechecking |the |doors |and |windows |to |his |house |to |make |sure |they |are |completely |locked |and |secured |before |he |leaves |for |work |in |the |morning. |This |is |the |only |way |he |can |prevent |himself |from |being |overwhelmed |by |anxiety |and |fears |he |left |something |unlocked |as |he |drives |to |the |office. |Todd |is |suffering |from |a(an) |______ |disorder. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔obsessive |compulsive Most |compulsions |involve |______ |rituals. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔cleaning |and |checking Larry |woke |up |this |morning |and |found |himself |totally |blind. |His |physician |can |find |no |organic |basis |for |his |blindness. |Larry |doesn't |appear |to |be |worried |about |his |loss |of |sight. |In |fact, |he's |almost |indifferent |to |it. |He |is |suffering |from |a(n) |______ |disorder. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔Somatoform Martin |claims |to |have | 16 |different |personalities, |each |with |its |own |unique |traits |and |memories, |living |inside |him. |If |his |claims |are |accurate, |he |is |suffering |from |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔Dissociative |Identity |Disorder Ollie |wakes |up |one |morning |and |can't |remember |who |he |is |or |who |any |of |his |friends |and |relatives |are. |He |can't |remember |where |he |works |or |even |where |he |lives. |A |physician |is |unable |to |find |anything |physically |wrong |with |Ollie's |brain, |although |Ollie's |friends |say |he's |been |under |some |stress |recently. |Ollie |is |probably |suffering |from |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔Dissociative |Amnesia Years |ago, |Mandy |had |a |very |"messy" |extramarital |affair. |While |she |still |remembers |the |affair, |when |thoughtless |people |bring |it |up |in |conversation, |she |claims |to |have |no |memory |of |the |affair |or |person |with |whom |she |had |it. |Mandy's |pretending |to |have |amnesia |is |a |form |of |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔Malingering The |text |cites |a |case |example |of |Burt, |a |man |who |unknowingly |moved |2,000 |miles |away |from |his |wife |and |family |and |established |a |new |life |in |a |new |city. |Although |Burt |knew |which |town |he |was |in |and |the |current |date, |he |could |not |recognize |his |past |nor |was |he |concerned |about |this |lack |of |recognition. |Burt |was |suffering |from |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔Dissociative |Fugue
Leslie |finds |that |every |winter |she |becomes |fatigued, |excessively |sleepy, |has |a |craving |for |carbohydrates, |and |puts |on |weight. |In |the |spring, |her |symptoms |disappear. |She |is |most |likely |suffering |from |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔seasonal |affective |disorder Anne |had |a |baby |about | 10 |months |ago. |Ever |since, |she |has |had |a |poor |appetite, |been |unable |to |sleep |(even |when |the |baby |wasn't |waking |her), |poor |self-esteem, |and |has |been |unable |to |concentrate |for |any |length |of |time. |She |is |most |likely |suffering |from |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔postpartum |depression A |depressive |disorder |which |develops |during |childhood |or |adolescence, |involves |less |severe |symptoms |than |major |depression, |but |has |a |longer |lasting, |more |chronic |pattern |of |development, |and |often |results |in |sufferers |being |seen |as |"whiny" |or |"complaining" |is |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔dysthymic |disorder Alex |has |severe |mood |swings |from |extreme |elation |and |hyperactivity |to |major |depression. |One |moment |he |feels |like |he's |on |top |of |the |world, |the |next |moment |he |feels |suicidal. |He |is |probably |suffering |from |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔bipolar |disorder Don |suddenly |quit |his |job, |enrolled |in |law |school |for |day |classes, |took |on |a |job |waiting |tables |at |night, |and |began |organizing |charity |drives |on |weekends. |He |also |began |work |on |his |"great |American |novel" |and |offered |to |coach |a |little |league |team |in |his |"spare |time." |His |behavior |is |typical |of |someone |having |a |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔manic |episode Cognitive |theorists |argue |that |depression |results |from |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔negative |beliefs |about |oneself After |Jed |was |"dumped" |by |his |girlfriend, |he |began |thinking |that |women |cannot |be |trusted. |He |promised |never |to |let |himself |get |involved |with |another |woman |again, |because |"she |will |leave |me |just |like |my |last |girlfriend |did." |His |cognitive |error |is |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔overgeneralization Sam |is |depressed. |He's |been |depressed |for |so |long |that |he |no |longer |believes |he |can |do |anything |to |improve |his |life |or |his |future. |He |believes |nothing |he |does |will |make |any |difference. |Sam |has |developed |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔learned |happiness
Recent |research |indicates |that |______ |can |enhance |the |functioning |of |bipolar |patients. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔social |support |from |family |members |and |friends Tina |has |alcoholism. |When |she |goes |too |long |without |a |drink |she |begins |to |feel |anxious, |physically |weak, |and |agitated. |Often, |she |begins |shaking |and |can |feel |her |heart |racing. |Tina's |symptoms |are |typical |of |what |is |called |______ |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔abstinence |syndrome Burt |has |just |gone |"on |the |wagon" |and |has |quit |using |alcohol |"cold |turkey." |He |is |now |experiencing |sweating, |tachycardia, |mental |confusion, |incoherent |speech, |disorientation, |terrifying |hallucinations, |and |extreme |restlessness. |His |symptoms |are |typical |of |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔delirium |tremens Jan |has |used |cocaine |to |the |point |where |she |has |impaired |control |over |her |use |of |it. |While |she |experiences |no |withdrawal |symptoms |when |she |stops |using |it, |she |wants |it |so |badly |she |cannot |stop |herself |from |taking |it. |She |has |become |______ |cocaine. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔psychologically |dependent |on Greg |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. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔addiction |or |dependence The |most |widely |abused |substance |in |the |United |States |is |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔alcohol A |potentially |fatal |disorder |in |which |healthy |liver |cells |become |supplanted |with |scar |tissue |is |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔Korsakoff's |syndrome A |childhood |disorder |characterized |by |facial |features |such |as |a |flattened |nose, |widely |spaced |eyes, |an |underdeveloped |upper |jaw, |mental |retardation, |and |social |skills |deficits |is |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔fetal |alcohol |syndrome Endorphins |function |chiefly |to |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔regulate |states |of |pleasure |and |pain
Intense |episodes, |usually |among |children, |of |sitting |up |during |deep |sleep, |appearing |frightened, |showing |signs |of |extreme |arousal, |talking, |thrashing |wildly, |but |remaining |asleep, |and |remembering |nothing |of |the |episode |the |next |morning |are |typical |of |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔sleep |terror |disorder Sleep |medications |used |to |combat |sleep |disorders |are |most |often |______. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER |✔anxiety |drugs
