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1

In ancient times, this was arguably the earliest method used as a way to rid an individual of their abnormal behaviour:

Somatogenesis

Exorcism

Trephination

Psychogenesis

2

Dorothea Dix was famous for what?

"Releasing them from their chains" ... with 'them' referring to the mentally insane

lobbied for better conditions in women's prisons and asylums, and for the training of mental health professionals

being one of the most violent patients at the 'Bedlam' asylum in London

creating a different form of asylum called The Retreat, which relied on a different form of treatment for the insane than had previously been used

3

The three paradigms which guide psychological abnormality today are:

biological, psychological, and interpersonal/social/family systems

physical, mental, and spiritual

physical, psychological and social

biological, psychological, and spiritual

4

A sense of time urgency, competitiveness, low self-esteem, and easily hostile is characteristic of:

An individual with obsessive-compulsive disorder

An individual with a Type B personality

An individual with agoraphobia

An individual with a Type A personality

5

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, in order to be diagnosed with narcolepsy, one must have presenting symptoms for a minimum of:

1 month

2 weeks

3 weeks

3 months

6

There are 3 different types of post-traumatic stress disorder: acute, chronic and delayed onset. Which period of time is NOT a specifier of the onset of one of these types?

1-3 post-trauma

6 months post-trauma

3 months post-trauma

immediately after the trauma

7

The definition of psychosis is:

Being in a state of constant hallucinations and delusions

A broad term referring to a disconnect from reality

A term used to describe any individual who experiences 5 or more episodes of negative and positive (Type 1) symptoms in the period of 1 week

Reoccurring disturbing thoughts that enable an individual speechless and out of control of their bodily actions

8

The #1 mental healthcare cost in Canada is:

Generalized Anxiety Disorders

Depression

Schizophrenia

Alzheimer's

9

Which of the following is NOT a subtype of Schizophrenia?

Unorganized

Catatonic

Undifferentiated

Residual

10

The nature of delirium is primarily characterized by:

Impaired consciousness and cognition

Rapid development of symptoms

An inability to control bodily functions

Both A and B

Both B and C

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