Psych COMAT Prep 2026 Exam
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mild neurocognitive disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mild decline in 1 or more
cognitive domains, normal functioning in all activities of daily living
major neurocognitive disorder (dementia) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔significatn
decline in 1 or more cognitive domains, IRREVERSIBLE gllobal cognitive
impairment, marked functional impairment, chronic and progressive
,Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Psychological disorder
involving a significant depressive episode and depressed characteristics,
such as lethargy and hopelessness, for at least two weeks.
5 of 9 SIGECAPS
Lewy body dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A form of dementia characterized by
an increase in Lewy body cells in the brain. Symptoms include visual
hallucinations, momentary loss of attention, falling, and fainting.
vascular dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔characterized by executive
dysfunction, focal neurological deficits and evidence of cerebrovascular
disease on imaging
specific phobia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a disorder that involves an irrational fear
of a particular object or situation that markedly interferes with an
individual's ability to function
lasts for longer than 6 months and person will exhibit avoidance behavior
,difference between bulemia nervosa and binge-eating disorder? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔bulmeia nervosa has compensatory behaviors while binge-
eating does not
HIV-assoicated dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔should be suspected in AIDS
patients with progressive congnitive decline. The charactersitic
histopathologic pattern is microglial nodules aka groups of activated
macrophages/microglial cells formed around small areas of necrosis that
may fuse to form multinucleated giant cells.
risk increases with duration of infecion, greatest risk in people over the age
of 50, CD4 count <200
mood reactivity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Capacity to be cheered up when
presented with positive events
atypical depression - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a type of depression with mood
reactivity and positivity, significant weight gain or increased appetite,
hypersomnia, a sensation of heaviness in the limbs, and a significant social
impairment from hypersensitivity to perceived interpersonal rejection
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, to be diagnosed with PTSD what is the time frame needed? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1 month of symptoms
Psychoanalysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔type of psychotherapy that focuses on
resolving unconscious conflicts by bringing repressed experiences and
feelings into awareness and integrating them into patient's conscious
experiences
operant conditioning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a type of learning in which behavior
is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a
punisher
cyclothymic disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a disorder marked by numerous
periods of hypomanic symptoms and mild depressive symptoms, this
needs to last 2 years or more
how long does a patient need to be symptomatic to be diagnosed with
cyclothymia, and how long can you remain symptom free? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔must be having sx for at least 2 years and cannot have a lapse of sx for
greater than 2 months
psychodynamic psychology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔role of unconscious conflict
and gaining insight into how the past experiences shape present situations
Questions and Verified Answers
| Already Graded A+
mild neurocognitive disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mild decline in 1 or more
cognitive domains, normal functioning in all activities of daily living
major neurocognitive disorder (dementia) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔significatn
decline in 1 or more cognitive domains, IRREVERSIBLE gllobal cognitive
impairment, marked functional impairment, chronic and progressive
,Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Psychological disorder
involving a significant depressive episode and depressed characteristics,
such as lethargy and hopelessness, for at least two weeks.
5 of 9 SIGECAPS
Lewy body dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A form of dementia characterized by
an increase in Lewy body cells in the brain. Symptoms include visual
hallucinations, momentary loss of attention, falling, and fainting.
vascular dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔characterized by executive
dysfunction, focal neurological deficits and evidence of cerebrovascular
disease on imaging
specific phobia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a disorder that involves an irrational fear
of a particular object or situation that markedly interferes with an
individual's ability to function
lasts for longer than 6 months and person will exhibit avoidance behavior
,difference between bulemia nervosa and binge-eating disorder? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔bulmeia nervosa has compensatory behaviors while binge-
eating does not
HIV-assoicated dementia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔should be suspected in AIDS
patients with progressive congnitive decline. The charactersitic
histopathologic pattern is microglial nodules aka groups of activated
macrophages/microglial cells formed around small areas of necrosis that
may fuse to form multinucleated giant cells.
risk increases with duration of infecion, greatest risk in people over the age
of 50, CD4 count <200
mood reactivity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Capacity to be cheered up when
presented with positive events
atypical depression - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a type of depression with mood
reactivity and positivity, significant weight gain or increased appetite,
hypersomnia, a sensation of heaviness in the limbs, and a significant social
impairment from hypersensitivity to perceived interpersonal rejection
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, to be diagnosed with PTSD what is the time frame needed? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1 month of symptoms
Psychoanalysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔type of psychotherapy that focuses on
resolving unconscious conflicts by bringing repressed experiences and
feelings into awareness and integrating them into patient's conscious
experiences
operant conditioning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a type of learning in which behavior
is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a
punisher
cyclothymic disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a disorder marked by numerous
periods of hypomanic symptoms and mild depressive symptoms, this
needs to last 2 years or more
how long does a patient need to be symptomatic to be diagnosed with
cyclothymia, and how long can you remain symptom free? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔must be having sx for at least 2 years and cannot have a lapse of sx for
greater than 2 months
psychodynamic psychology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔role of unconscious conflict
and gaining insight into how the past experiences shape present situations
