Module 3 Sample Questions

1. What mental illness affects males and females equally, worsens with each decade of life, is three times more prevalent in older adults, and is associated with indecisiveness, procrastination, avoidance, and difficulty organizing tasks?

2. Which complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) technique is based on manipulating the flow of energy throughout the body?

3. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is sometimes associated with other health states. Which of the following is an example of a state of health commonly found in individuals with GAD?

4. Panic attacks can occur without warning and in the absence of any real danger. While intense, they are short in duration. Panic disorder precedes symptoms of which of the following diagnoses in a third of cases?

5. What psychiatric condition is characterized by the consumption of material that is not food, such as soap, chalk, plaster, or paper?

6. What psychiatric condition accounts for 25 percent of all completed suicides?

7. All of the following are considered mind-body interaction therapies except:

8. What term describes the process of neuronal membrane threshold sensitivity dysfunction?

9. What physical disease would you include in your differential diagnosis of major depressive disorder?

10. Risk factors for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are divided into three categories: pretraumatic, peritraumatic, and posttraumatic. Which of the following is a pretraumatic risk factor for developing PTSD?