Deck 27: Extension: C - Psychiatric and Related Disorders

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One of the paper - and - pencil tests that reveals deficits in the memories of patients with Tourette's syndrome is the _____ test.

A) Wechsler IQ
B) draw-a-man
C) Rey Complex-Figure
D) backward digits
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Schizophrenia and Huntington's disease are both thought to involve abnormalities in the _____ - secreting systems of the brain.

A) acetylcholine
B) glutamate
C) GABA
D) dopamine
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Which is TRUE regarding BDNF?

A) It is upregulated by antidepressant medication.
B) It is underregulated by stress hormones.
C) It disrupts networks involving parietal and medial temporal regions.
D) It decreases glutamate uptake sites in the cingulate cortex.
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The positive symptoms of Parkinson's disease include all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A) tremor at rest
B) disorders of posture
C) muscular rigidity
D) involuntary movements
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Which is NOT classified as an anxiety disorder?

A) panic disorder
B) schizophrenia
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) social phobia
Question
Parkinson's disease is the result of the degeneration of the _____.

A) orbital frontal cortex
B) hippocampus
C) substantia nigra
D) premotor cortex
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Which symptom of Parkinson's disease can manifest as a lack of blinking, blank facial expression, difficulty making repetitive movements, or the absence of rigidity?

A) akinesia
B) disorder of locomotion
C) disorder of righting
D) disturbance of speech
Question
The root cause of Huntington's disease has been identified as _____.

A) damage to GABA neurons resulting from brain trauma
B) shrinkage of the cortex due to stress hormones
C) a dominant autosomal gene with complete penetrance
D) a recessive sex-linked gene that is linked to the dopamine system
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This former director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has suggested that the high levels of comorbidity and twin studies suggest clustering of fear - based anxiety disorders and depression.

A) Daniel Weinberger
B) Steven Hyman
C) David Lewis
D) Barbara Lipska
Question
Neuritic plaques are one of the brain entities found in _____ disease.

A) Alzheimer's disease
B) Huntington's disease
C) Wilson's disease
D) Tourette's syndrome
Question
The abnormal movements seen in adults with Huntington's disease are thought to be caused by the hyperactivity of neurons secreting _____.

A) dopamine
B) acetylcholine
C) GABA
D) B-APP
Question
Which region shows a decrease in blood flow and metabolism in depressed patients?

A) the amygdala
B) the medial thalamus
C) the ventromedial prefrontal area
D) the orbital prefrontal area
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At the peak of psychosurgery's popularity as a therapy for mental disease, there were an estimated _____ psychosurgeries performed in the United States (1936-1978).

A) 200,000
B) 35,000
C) 3 million
D) 147
Question
Examination of the Wisconsin Card - Sorting Test with schizophrenics suggests abnormalities in _____.

A) motor programming
B) prefrontal cortex structure and function
C) visual processing
D) dopamine metabolism
Question
Post and Weiss hypothesized that in bipolar patients, mood - disorder episodes are initially _____.

A) spontaneous and unrelated to external events
B) precipitated by psychosocial stressors
C) very rapid, cycling daily
D) not effectively treated by medication
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Deck 27: Extension: C - Psychiatric and Related Disorders
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One of the paper - and - pencil tests that reveals deficits in the memories of patients with Tourette's syndrome is the _____ test.

A) Wechsler IQ
B) draw-a-man
C) Rey Complex-Figure
D) backward digits
Rey Complex-Figure
2
Schizophrenia and Huntington's disease are both thought to involve abnormalities in the _____ - secreting systems of the brain.

A) acetylcholine
B) glutamate
C) GABA
D) dopamine
glutamate
3
Which is TRUE regarding BDNF?

A) It is upregulated by antidepressant medication.
B) It is underregulated by stress hormones.
C) It disrupts networks involving parietal and medial temporal regions.
D) It decreases glutamate uptake sites in the cingulate cortex.
It is upregulated by antidepressant medication.
4
The positive symptoms of Parkinson's disease include all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A) tremor at rest
B) disorders of posture
C) muscular rigidity
D) involuntary movements
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Which is NOT classified as an anxiety disorder?

A) panic disorder
B) schizophrenia
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) social phobia
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Parkinson's disease is the result of the degeneration of the _____.

A) orbital frontal cortex
B) hippocampus
C) substantia nigra
D) premotor cortex
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Which symptom of Parkinson's disease can manifest as a lack of blinking, blank facial expression, difficulty making repetitive movements, or the absence of rigidity?

A) akinesia
B) disorder of locomotion
C) disorder of righting
D) disturbance of speech
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The root cause of Huntington's disease has been identified as _____.

A) damage to GABA neurons resulting from brain trauma
B) shrinkage of the cortex due to stress hormones
C) a dominant autosomal gene with complete penetrance
D) a recessive sex-linked gene that is linked to the dopamine system
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This former director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has suggested that the high levels of comorbidity and twin studies suggest clustering of fear - based anxiety disorders and depression.

A) Daniel Weinberger
B) Steven Hyman
C) David Lewis
D) Barbara Lipska
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10
Neuritic plaques are one of the brain entities found in _____ disease.

A) Alzheimer's disease
B) Huntington's disease
C) Wilson's disease
D) Tourette's syndrome
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The abnormal movements seen in adults with Huntington's disease are thought to be caused by the hyperactivity of neurons secreting _____.

A) dopamine
B) acetylcholine
C) GABA
D) B-APP
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Which region shows a decrease in blood flow and metabolism in depressed patients?

A) the amygdala
B) the medial thalamus
C) the ventromedial prefrontal area
D) the orbital prefrontal area
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At the peak of psychosurgery's popularity as a therapy for mental disease, there were an estimated _____ psychosurgeries performed in the United States (1936-1978).

A) 200,000
B) 35,000
C) 3 million
D) 147
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Examination of the Wisconsin Card - Sorting Test with schizophrenics suggests abnormalities in _____.

A) motor programming
B) prefrontal cortex structure and function
C) visual processing
D) dopamine metabolism
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Post and Weiss hypothesized that in bipolar patients, mood - disorder episodes are initially _____.

A) spontaneous and unrelated to external events
B) precipitated by psychosocial stressors
C) very rapid, cycling daily
D) not effectively treated by medication
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