NCLEX: Psychological Disorders and Treatment Exam Elaboration |100% Correct|
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Psychological disorders
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Psychological Disorders
NCLEX: Psychological Disorders and
Treatment Exam Elaboration |100%
Correct|
_____ _____ disorder consists of persistent anxiety for at least 6 months, and the individual with this
disorder cannot specify the reasons for the anxiety. *Ans*Generalized anxiety
_____ _____ disorder is chara...
NCLEX: Psychological Disorders and
Treatment Exam Elaboration |100%
Correct|
_____ _____ disorder consists of persistent anxiety for at least 6 months, and the individual with this
disorder cannot specify the reasons for the anxiety. *Ans*✨Generalized anxiety
_____ _____ disorder is characterized by an intense fear of being embarrassed in a social situation.
*Ans*✨Social anxiety
_____ _____ disorder refers to a range of neurodevelopmental disorders involving impaired social
interaction and communication, repetitive behavior, and restricted interests. *Ans*✨Autism spectrum
_____ behavior is behavior that is deviant, maladaptive, or personally distressful over a relatively long
period of time. *Ans*✨Abnormal
_____ differences make it difficult to compare psychological disorders across the many countries,
nations or regions. *Ans*✨Cultural
_____ disorder involves compulsive collecting, poor organization skills, and difficulty throwing things
away. *Ans*✨Hoarding
_____ disorder is an anxiety disorder marked by recurrent sudden onsets of intense apprehension or
terror. *Ans*✨Panic
_____ disorders are psychological disorders that feature fears that are uncontrollable, disproportionate
to the actual danger the person might be in, and disruptive of ordinary life. *Ans*✨Anxiety
_____ disorders typically manifest in childhood and are linked to genetic variations, abnormal brain
development, or prenatal exposure to toxins that adversely affect development.
*Ans*✨Neurodevelopmental
, _____ factors are characteristics, experiences, or exposures that increase the probability of a person
developing a disorder. *Ans*✨Risk
_____ is a nonmedical process that helps people with psychological disorders recognize and overcome
their problems. *Ans*✨Psychotherapy
_____ refers to the presence of two or more disorders at the same time. *Ans*✨Comorbidity
______ occurs when a person experiences recurrent, sudden onsets of intense terror, often without
warning and with no specific cause.
A. Panic disorder
B. Agoraphobia
C. Specific phobia
D. Generalized anxiety disorder *Ans*✨A. Panic disorder
_____-_____ disorder (OCD) involves anxiety-provoking thoughts that will not go away and/or urges to
perform repetitive, ritualistic behaviors to prevent or produce some future situation.
*Ans*✨Obsessive Compulsive
A _____ _____ is an anxiety disorder in which the individual has an irrational, overwhelming, persistent
fear of a particular object or situation. *Ans*✨specific phobia
A headline reads, "Full moon explains increase in traffic citations," is an example of a(n) ____________.
A. illusory correlation
B. hyperbole
C. confirmation bias
D. superstition *Ans*✨A. illusory correlate
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