Answers:

a. 

are more impulsive.

b. 

are more deliberate in their unruly behavior.

c. 

are more likely to be male.

d. 

have more attentional deficits.

Answers:

a. 

attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

b. 

antisocial personality disorder.

c. 

 oppositional defiant disorder.

d. 

conduct disorder.

Answers:

a. 

Psychodynamic

b. 

Cognitive

c. 

Behavioral

d. 

Psycholinguistic

Answers:

a. 

combines it with other problems into Specific Learning Disorders.

b. 

clarifies subtypes of reading disorders based on age of onset.

c. 

clarifies subtypes of reading disorders based on gender.

d. 

includes most reading problems with intellectual disability.

Answers:

a. 

schizoid

b. 

borderline

c. 

obsessive-compulsive

d. 

paranoid

Answers:

a. 

behavioral rehearsal.

b. 

applied behavior analysis.

c. 

self-instructional training.

d. 

behavior contracting.

Answers:

a. 

insanity involves a person’s state at the time of the crime.

b. 

insanity is a legal, not a mental health, category

c. 

insanity has less serious consequences.

d. 

the criteria for insanity are more clear-cut.

Answers:

a. 

learning disorders.

b. 

autism spectrum disorders.

c. 

motor disorders.

d. 

feeding disorders.

Answers:

a. 

avoidant personality disorder, self-defeating personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, dependent personality disorder

b. 

antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder

c. 

paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder

d. 

antisocial personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder

Answers:

a. 

conduct disorder

b. 

oppositional defiant disorder

c. 

It depends on the mother's response; if she gives in, the behavior is probably not a disorder, but the result of poor parenting strategies.

d. 

There is not enough information provided to make a diagnosis. In addition, it depends on the child's age and other factors.

Answers:

a. 

confidentiality

b. 

informed consent

c. 

privileged communication

d. 

choice of goals

Answers:

a. 

the body that commits the crime should be held responsible, regardless of whether the “person” was conscious of the crime being committed.

b. 

the person, not the body, is responsible for a crime.

c. 

dissociative identity disorder is usually faked by criminals pleading insanity and thus should not be an allowable defense.

d. 

since therapy for dissociative identity disorder is not usually effective, confinement to a prison mental hospital is illogical.

Answers:

a. 

do not re-experience the traumatic events or avoid trauma-related situations as adults do.

b. 

almost always develop PTSD.

c. 

rarely develop PTSD.

d. 

experience the same symptoms as adults exposed to trauma.

Answers:

a. 

if found to be mentally ill.

b. 

if found to be mentally ill and a danger to themselves or others.

c. 

only if he or she has committed a crime.

d. 

only if he or she has committed a violent crime.

Answers:

a. 

Not Guilty but Mentally Ill

b. 

The Durham test

c. 

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

d. 

Guilty but Mentally Insane

Answers:

a. 

systematic assessment before therapy begins

b. 

calm acceptance of contradictions and acting out

c. 

focusing on fears of vulnerability in a dangerous, unpredictable world

d. 

setting appropriate limits clearly from the beginning

Answers:

a. 

Irresistible impulse rule.

b. 

M’Naghten rule.

c. 

American Law Institute Guidelines.

d. 

Insanity Defense Reform Act.

Answers:

a. 

their intellectual functioning is too low for them to reach true insights.

b. 

they do not feel distressed, despite being so distressing to others.

c. 

they have extreme difficulty trusting others, including a therapist.

d. 

all of the above.

Answers:

a. 

Somatoform.

b. 

Schizoid.

c. 

Histrionic.

d. 

Dependent.

Answers:

a. 

extreme distractibility.

b. 

anxiety.

c. 

problems only in classroom.

d. 

poor social understanding.

Answers:

a. 

bizarre and out of control.

b. 

dangerous and immoral.

c. 

inborn and physiological.

d. 

pervasive and inflexible.

Answers:

a. 

is a method of forcibly hospitalizing unwilling people with mental illnesses.

b. 

seeks to reduce violence in patients discharged from hospitals by requiring treatment compliance.

c. 

allows hospitalized patients to live independently with a case manager who visits the patient every week.

d. 

is often accompanied by decreased medication compliance.

Answers:

a. 

avoidance of others.

b. 

multiple, vague physical complaints.

c. 

overly dramatic and attention-seeking behavior.

d. 

inability to make realistic life plans.

Answers:

a. 

increased activity level.

b. 

immediate and steady improvement in academic achievement.

c. 

short-term improvements in attention, goal-directed activity and behavior

d. 

addiction to the medication

Answers:

a. 

It does not apply if a person is judged to be at risk for becoming dangerous to others.

b. 

It does not apply if a person is a danger to themselves or to others.

c. 

It applies only to those in the least restrictive environment.

d. 

It applies to criminal commitment but not civil commitment.