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1

The DSM-IV now refers to neurosis as:
A)psychosis
B)bipolar mood disorders
C)organic disorder
D)anxiety disorder
E)manic depression
2

Bipolar depression is a mood disorder:
A)involving loss of contact with reality
B)characterized as manic-depressive
C)related to drug abuse
D)identical to schizophrenia
3

General paresis refers to:
A)a syphilitic infection of the nervous system
B)spastic contractions of muscles in the legs due to drug use
C)bed wetting
D)gastrointestinal upset resulting from nervousness
E)a generalized, inexplicable form of anxiety
4

In 1933, to help schizophrenic patients, Sakel used:
A)truth serum
B)insulin
C)antibiotics
D)amphetamines
E)sodium bicarbonate
5

Ugo Cerletti introduced electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat:
A)manic disorder
B)depression
C)agoraphobia
D)schizophrenia
E)posttraumatic stress
6

Phenothiazines are now referred to as:
A)hypnotics
B)sedatives
C)MAO inhibitors
D)Antipsychotics
E)Truth serum
7

Individuals who use antipsychotic drugs may:
A)tend to become addicted
B)commit suicide with these drugs
C)exhibit photosensitivity and jaundice
D)become easily excitable
E)be more prone to developing Alzheimer's disease
8

More than half of the prescribed antidepressants:
A)are prescribed for too long a time
B)seldom cause severe side effects
C)are safe if accidentally ingested by children
D)are prescribed by nonpsychiatrists
E)are illegal to prescribe outside of mental hospitals
9

Lithium was demonstrated to be effective on:
A)manic patients
B)depressed patients
C)schizophrenic patients
D)patients with unipolar depression
E)sex offenders
10

About _____ of the homeless people in the U.S. have some form of mental illness.
A)73%
B)53%
C)33%
D)13%
E)3%







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