Deck 9: Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse

Question 1

Which of the following statements is true?

A)the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal may be clinically indistinguishable from schizophrenia
B)poor parenting causes schizophrenia
C)clinicians treat schizophrenia by stimulating positive symptoms
D)when clients are hallucinating it is important that counsellors actively challenge the reality of their hallucinations
E)auditory hallucinations are rarely seen in clients with schizophrenia

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following may signal an increased suicide risk?

A)clients who talk about suicide
B)history of suicide attempts
C)recent personality changes
D)addiction
E)all of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Which of the following are considered "positive symptoms"?

A)hallucinations
B)blunted or flattened affect
C)poverty of speech
D)social withdrawal
E)anxiety

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF)was used historically to

A)measure the demographics of mental disorders around the world
B)make cross-cultural decisions
C)scale a person's highest level of social,occupational,and psychological functioning
D)rate the severity of psychotic symptoms
E)compare how different individuals handle mental disorders

Question 5

Threats of suicide

A)suggest the person the person has no serious intent
B)are usually not given by people who complete suicide
C)should not be talked about because discussion may increase risk
D)usually mean that the person is just seeking attention
E)need to be taken very seriously

Question 6

Which of the following could be considered a delusion?

A)hearing voices from the radio
B)seeing things
C)belief that one is God
D)manic symptoms
E)attempts to deceive others by lying

Question 7

When counselling someone who is suicidal,the "intent question"

A)may promote the idea of suicide
B)opens up dialogue about a person's desire to die by suicide
C)should only be asked in emergency situations
D)may cause a client to withdraw further
E)none of the above

Question 8

What is the DSM? Briefly describe its structure.

Question 9

List the different types of psychiatric medications.

Question 10

Dissociative drugs

A)result in feeling of detachment from reality
B)are used to treat depression
C)help medics to deal with drug overdose
D)include opioid such as heroin and opium
E)help people focus

Question 11

Which of the following statements are true?

A)as many as 1/3 of the homeless population have a mental disorder
B)most mental illnesses are caused by bad parenting
C)mental illness is usually not treatable
D)fifty percent of all Canadians will experience a serious mental disorder
E)most mental disorders start in middle-age

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a depressive disorder?

A)delusional psychosis
B)bipolar disorder
C)schizophrenia
D)personality disorder
E)autism

Question 13

What is bipolar disorder?

Question 14

Persons with schizophrenia

A)have split personalities
B)experience alternating moods of depression and mania
C)have a mental disorder that usually develops after age 40
D)often experience hallucinations and delusions
E)all of the above

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true?

A)Bipolar disorder is no longer considered a mental disorder
B)Substance use and addictive disorders are classified as mental disorders
C)DSM 5 has five axes
D)Schizophrenia is an example of mood disorder
E)Alzheimer's disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder

Question 16

What is meant by the terms "tolerance" and "withdrawal"

Question 17

An individual is unable to think logically and they jump from one idea to another.This is known as

A)delusional behaviour
B)creative thinking
C)hallucinating
D)disordered thinking
E)obsessive compulsive disorder

Question 18

Psychiatric diagnosis

A)relies on blood testing to confirm validity
B)is based on standardized criteria in the DSM
C)can be confirmed by X-Rays
D)is the responsibility of all people who work as professionals in the helping field
E)can only be made by a trained psychologist

Question 19

The DSM is a

A)book on best practice treatment strategies
B)physicians' guide to physical illness
C)dictionary of different counselling philosophies
D)classification system for mental disorders
E)guide to the latest brain research

Question 20

What are some of the significant warning signs that a person might have a mental disorder?