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Multiple Choice Quiz



1

All of these are examples of anxiety disorder except:
A)Panic Disorder
B)OCD
C)Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
D)Schizophrenia
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

Prozac has become the most widely prescribed antidepressant because:
A)it is safe and least likely to lead to overdose
B)it seldom causes severe side effects
C)it is safe if accidentally ingested by children
D)it is prescribed by nonpsychiatrists
E)it is not 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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