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(From Case 3) If a group of people experience the same traumatic event, about what
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percentage of them would be expected to later develop PTSD? - ANSWER: ➡ 33%
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(From Case 3) The therapeutic technique that involves having the client move her eyes
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quickly back and forth while she talks about a traumatic event is called: - ANSWER: ➡ eye
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movement desensitization and reprocessing
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(From Case 3) Abbey was prescribed Zoloft to help with her anxious rumination. How did
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this medication affect Abbey? - ANSWER: ➡ Abbey experienced unpleasant side effects and
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chose to switch from Zoloft to Lexapro
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T or F: The feeling of being detached from one's self is called derealization. - ANSWER: ➡
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Which of these disorders is NOT about twice as common in women? - ANSWER: ➡
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trichotillomania
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A tendency to feel anxious all the time and in most situations would be diagnosed as: -
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ANSWER: ➡ generalized anxiety disorder
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T or F: Thoughts or impulses that are persistent, intrude without control, and cause distress
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are called obsessions. - ANSWER: ➡ True
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Which of the following is an example of adaptive fear (and not maladaptive anxiety)? -
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ANSWER: ➡ I experience a moderate amount of anxiety right before a test
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, One problem with the use of antidepressants to help with anxiety symptoms is that when a
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person begins to take these drugs, their side effects can mimic symptoms of: - ANSWER: ➡ a
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panic attack
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Generalized anxiety disorder is thought to involve a lack of which neurotransmitter? -
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ANSWER: ➡ GABA
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three components that combine to determine
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whether a person becomes addicted? - ANSWER: ➡ receiving drug use prevention
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education
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Frequently suffering from hangovers would BEST fit into which symptom for substance
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dependence? - ANSWER: ➡ spend a lot of time obtaining, using or recovering from
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substance
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T or F: The rule of thumb for determining the appropriate level of substance dependence
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treatment for a client is to provide the client with the least intensive treatment that
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adequately meets her/his treatment needs. - ANSWER: ➡ True
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BuSpar is especially helpful for what common symptom of alcohol withdrawal? - ANSWER:
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➡ anxiety
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"I may get drunk every weekend, but I'm not an alcoholic because I don't drink as much as a
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lot of the other people I hang out with". This would be an example of which major category of
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addictive though distortions? - ANSWER: ➡ rationalization
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I feel the urge to use heroin when I feel guilty about how I've let down my family because of
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my addiction. I try to fight it, but I usually give in and get high. When I do, my guilt
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temporarily melts away. What behavioral concept is being illustrated here? - ANSWER: ➡
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negative reinforcement
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About what percentage of those who use drugs illegally are women? - ANSWER: ➡ 37%
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