Question

Question 1

Acute stress disorder is similar to PTSD except for _______.


A) number of symptoms needed for diagnosis from each cluster


B) duration of symptoms


C) type of symptoms


D) none of the above


Question 2
Which of the following is an empirically supported treatment for PTSD?


A) Dialectical behavior therapy


B) Relapse prevention


C) Prolonged exposure


D) Habit reversal


Question 3
In which setting would you expect to see the highest prevalence rate of individuals with dual diagnoses?


A) Community mental health counseling center


B) University clinic


C) Hospital emergency room


D) Inpatient psychiatric unit


Question 4
Which of the following is true about comorbid substance abusers?


A) They experience less frequent hospitalizations and relapses


B) They experience more frequent hospitalizations and relapses


C) They experience more frequent hospitalizations


D) They experience less frequent hospitalizations


Question 5
Which theory of dual diagnosis suggests that some shared influence is responsible for the development of both psychiatric and substance use disorders?


A) Neurobiological model


B) Bidirectional model


C) Common factors model


D) Self-medication model


Question 6
Structured and semistructured interviews were developed to address what main problem?


A) Clinicians and researchers had tremendous difficulty in making consistent and accurate diagnoses of mental disorders with unstructured clinical interviews


B) The DSM used during development of structured interviews was not field trialed and resulted in disorders with weak validity


C) Insurance companies did not cover visits with diagnoses resulting from a structured interview


D) None of the above


Question 7
Which of the following is not true of fully structured interviews?


A) Questions are asked verbatim to the respondent


B) Interviewers are trained to not deviate from this rigid format


C) They can be administered by nonclinicians who receive training on the specific instrument


D) Nonclinicians are never qualified to administer fully structured interviews


Question 8
Kevin was interviewed by a clinical psychologist and recalled feeling annoyed that he had to answer most questions with a "yes" or a "no." He felt the interviewer was rushing him or was not interested in the details of his problem. This can be an example of what kind of disadvantage of structured interviews?


A) Breadth versus depth trade-off


B) Time limits


C) Hindrance of rapport


D) Problems with reliability


Question 9
The Tuskegee Study is a well-known example of abuse that involved _______.


A) African American males


B) untreated syphilis


C) spinal taps without anesthesia


D) all of the above


Question 10
If a clinician engages in cross-racial therapeutic dyads, the issue of race should be _______.


A) ignored completely so as not to appear racist


B) avoided unless acknowledged by the patient


C) addressed openly


D) all of the above

Answer 1

1. The answer is A) number of symptoms needed for diagnosis from each cluster.

2. The answer is C) Prolonged exposure.

3. The answer is D) Inpatient psychiatric unit.

4. The answer is B) They experience more frequent hospitalizations and relapses.

5. The answer is D) Self-medication model.

6. The answer is A) Clinicians and researchers had tremendous difficulty in making consistent and accurate diagnoses of mental disorders with unstructured clinical interviews.