PSY 621 MIDTERM Latest Update -

PSY 621 MIDTERM Latest Update - Actual Exam with 125 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Approved by the Professor : Maladaptive pattern of use manifested by cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms during a 12-month period and caused by continued use of substance -

CORRECT ANSWER: substance dependence

A chemical that alters a person's mood or behavior when it is smoked, injected, drunk,

inhaled, or swallowed in pill form - CORRECT ANSWER: substance

a clinician's analysis of the factors that might have influences the client's current

psychological status - CORRECT ANSWER: case formulation

A cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using a substance even though it causes significant problems in his or her life.Clinicians diagnose substance use disorders by assessing the individual in four

categories of symptoms:

impaired control social impairment risky use pharmacological changes New diagnostic term has fewer negative connotations than the term "addiction" -

CORRECT ANSWER: substance use disorder

a deeply entrenched false belief that is not consistent with client intelligence or cultural

background - CORRECT ANSWER: delusion

a depressive disorder in children who exhibit chronic & severe irritability and have frequent temper outbursts; must be developmentally inappropriate & occur 3+ times a 1 / 3

wk, between outbursts children are irritable / angry - CORRECT ANSWER: disruptive mood dysregulation disorder

a depressive disorder involving chronic depression of less intensity than MDD;

symptoms present for at least 2 yrs - CORRECT ANSWER: persistent depressive

disorder (dysthymia)

a diagnosis that clinicians use when an individual develops symptoms of psychosis that do not persist past a short period of time. present for more than 1 day, but recover in less than month. symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganzed/ catatonic behavior - CORRECT ANSWER: brief psychotic disorder

a disorder that involves periods of symptoms in which an individual experiences an

unsually intense sad mood - CORRECT ANSWER: depressive disorders

a disorder with essentially same symptoms of schizophrenia but that lasts from 1-6 mo.

- CORRECT ANSWER: schizophreniform disorder

a method of objectively assessing a client's behavior and functioning in a number of spheres, with particular attention to the symptoms associated with psychological disturbance -- appearance, attitudes, behavior, mood & affect, speech, thought processes, content of thought, perception, cognition, insight, judgment - CORRECT

ANSWER: mental status examination

A non-substance-related disorder involving the persistent urge to gamble.This disorder is included with substance use disorders as it is now conceptualized as

showing many of the same behaviors, such as:

Cravings Increasing needs to engage in the behavior

Negative social consequences. - CORRECT ANSWER: gambling disorder

a procedure in which a clinician provides a formal evaluation of an individual's coginitive, personality, and psychosocial functioning - a broad range of measurement 2 / 3

techniques, all which involve having people provide scorable info about their

psychological functioning - CORRECT ANSWER: psychological assessment

a theoretical perspective in which it is assumed that abnormality is caused by faulty learning experiences - classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning

theory & cognition - CORRECT ANSWER: behavioral perspective

abnormal behavior that involves disturbance of psychological function or behavior; associated with distress or impairment that is not typical/ culturally appropriate -

CORRECT ANSWER: psychological disorder

acute, but time-limited, periods of depressive symptoms that are called major

depressive episodes - CORRECT ANSWER: MDD

are not exclusive, more than one can be used. indicated by instruction "specify"//"specify if"(CAN USE MANY) when clinician decides one (or more) apply. for

ex. in partial remission - CORRECT ANSWER: specifiers

based on 5 factor model; provides a perspective for examining personality disorders -

CORRECT ANSWER: trait theory

biological treatments of schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER: -neuroleptics

bipolar disorder: a period of euphoric mood with symptoms involving abnormally

heightened lvls of thinking, behavior, & emotionality.

-a period of elated mood not as extreme as this - CORRECT ANSWER: manic &

hypomanic episode

clinical decision-making that integrates the best available research evidence and clinical expertise in the context of the cultural background, preferences, & characteristics of

clients - CORRECT ANSWER: evidence based practice

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