All of the following are types of anxiety disorders EXCEPT:

A. Phobic disorders
B. Dissociative order
C. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
D. Post-traumatic stress

Many people repeatedly go in and out of mental hospitals. Typically such people are released readmitted because________

A. They have been stabilized through drug therapy; their condition deteriorates once again because of inadequate out patient care
B. They run out of funds to pay for hospitalization, they once again can afford it
C. They have been cured of their disorder, they develop another disorder
D. They no longer want to be hospitalized; they voluntarily re-commit themselves

The type of professional training a therapist has:

A. Is the most important indicator of his or her competence.
B. Should be the major consideration in choosing a therapist.
C. Is not all that important, since telented therapists can be found in all of the mental health professions.
D. Involves both a and b.

In terms of the early parent-child relationship in the development of mental illness, which of the following accurately explains how contemporary psychodynamic models differ to that of Freud?

A. Contemporary models focus more on interpersonal relationships than on intrapsychic conflict.
B. Contemporary models focus on the unconscious internal desires and motivations of the child.
C. Contemporary models focus on how the child negotiates his/her unconscious internal desires and motivations as s/he progresses through the early relationship with his/her parents.
D. None of the above.

Which of the following could be explained by regression toward the mean?

A. You get an average bowling score in one game and a superb score in the next game.
B. You get an average bowling score in one game and a very low score in the next game.
C. You get an average bowling score in one game and another average score in the next game.
D. You get a terrible bowling score in one game and an average score in the next game.

The unwillingness to discuss certain ideas or desires in psychoanalytic therapy is known as

A. Countertransference
B. Resistance
C. Free association
D. Transference

Melanie Klein parted Freud’s belief in the importance of the ___________?

A. Opedical complex
B. Unconscious
C. Superego
D. Object relations

Individuals who alternete between periods of depression and periods of being being manic are diagnosed as having a ___________?

A. Bipolar disorder
B. Conversion disorder
C. Multiple personality disorder
D. Generalized anxiety disorder

There is some evidence that a relatively low level of autonomic nervous system arousal may contribute to: _________?

A. Generalized anxiety disorder.
B. Post-traumatic stress disorder.
C. Phobias.
D. Antisocial personality disorder.

Learned helplessness is most closely associated with: _____________?

A. Depression.
B. Schizophrenia.
C. Compulsions.
D. Antisocial personality disorder.