1. What is qualitative abnormality? a. abnormal symptoms for which statistical n

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1. What is qualitative abnormality? a. abnormal symptoms for which statistical norms are established b. a major deviation from key social norms c. a consistent state of frustration and helplessness d. symptoms diagnosed in women e symptoms of high quality 2. In the abbreviation, DSM, what does the "SM" stand for? a. scientific method b. solo-micro c. statistica manuald. serious manic e. statistical manic-depressive 3. Your 22-year-old female patient displays symptoms of persistent anxiety for two weeks. As a clinical psychologist, how would you diagnose these symptoms? a. Generalized Anxiety Disorder b. no diagnosis: these symptoms must be present for a longer period c. phobia of the Other type d. hypomanic episode with panic e. Phobia with anxiety symptoms 4. How many editions of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders have been released? 5. A newly arrived male patient is extremely reluctant to undergo a simple procedure that requires a small incision (cut) on his neck; he fainted when the nurse showed him a digital picture of the proposed operation. If you know that this patient has a long history of phobic reactions, what type of phobia are you dealing with right now? a. neck-and-face phobia b. nurse/doctor phobia c irresponsible pain fear d. situational/medical/operational phobia e. blood/injection/injury phobia 6. Why have there been several editions of DSM? a. because the law requires the change every 3 years b. because of new research and new evidence about disorders C. because the law requires the change every 5 years d. because different sates use different editions e. because some editions are designed for psychiatrists and others are for psychologists 7. Which three diagnostic categories are no longer in use in the United States? a. phobia, mania, and panic disorder b. hysteria, mania, and panic disorder c. hysteria, madness, and neurosis d. obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobia, and madness e. neurosis, phobia, and panic disorder 8. What is the difference between obsession and compulsions? a. there is no difference according to DSM b. obsessions are actions, compulsions are thoughts C. obsessions are hallucinations, compulsions are delusions d. compulsions are hallucinations, obsessions are delusions e. obsessions are ideas, compulsions are behaviors 9. Which of these categories does not belong to the known types of OCD? a. Cheaters b. Checkers c. Doubters d. Hoarders e. Counters 10. People with this type of OCD accumulate enormous amount of things of relatively low value they do not neec to have and will likely never use a. storage people b. accumulators c. hoarders d. value jets e. keepers 11. One hundred years ago, the symptom "neurasthenia" meant that a. a patient had madness b. a patient developed alcohol addiction d. a patient had a brain injury c. a patient was healthy e. a patient had a weak nervous system

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1.Option B)

Abnormality is deviation from typical, when this deviation is studied in non quantified terms, qualitative abnormality is deviance from social norms.

2.Option C)

DSM is an acronym for The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by APA and is ints fifth edition.It is a comprehensive classification of mental disorders and is widely used as a diagnostic tool.

3.Option B)

GAD is diagnosed when there is persistent worry or apprehension about a future threat or unpleasant event for most daus from the past 6 months.

4.Option C) 5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by APA is in its fifth edition currently.It removed the axis system of categorization of disorders present in previous version.

5.Option E)

The male patient likely has blood, injection, injury phobia.Any stimulus which involves these lead to an irrational fear that iften leads to fainting even at the possibility of facing them in the future.

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