Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

A phobia is best described as:

1. AAn intense, irrational fear of a specific object or situation
2. BA general, persistent worry about many everyday things and events
3. CA sudden memory of a traumatic event
4. DA belief that one has a serious illness

Hypomania differs from mania mainly because hypomania:

1. AAlways requires hospital admission
2. BIs less severe and does not cause marked impairment or psychosis
3. CLasts for at least two years with numerous periods of mild symptoms
4. DInvolves low mood and loss of interest

Delirium is best described as:

1. AAn acute, fluctuating disturbance of attention and awareness
2. BA lifelong intellectual disability
3. CA fixed fear of a specific object
4. DA slow, progressive decline in memory and thinking over several years

Which statement best distinguishes obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) from OCD?

1. AOCPD always involves hand washing
2. BOCPD is a psychotic disorder
3. CIn OCPD, intrusive unwanted thoughts trigger rituals that the person recognises as excessive
4. DIn OCPD, perfectionism and rigidity are usually experienced as acceptable parts of the self

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has best evidence for:

1. APreventing relapse in people with recurrent depression
2. BCuring dementia
3. CTreating acute psychosis
4. DTreating attention problems in young children with ADHD

A woman has had a depressed mood most of the day, on most days, for three years, though not severe enough for major depression. Which DSM-5 diagnosis fits best?

1. APersistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
2. BCyclothymic disorder
3. CBipolar II disorder
4. DAdjustment disorder with depressed mood

In Seligman's later reformulation of learned helplessness (Abramson, Seligman and Teasdale), depression is most likely when people attribute negative events to causes that are:

1. AExternal, unstable and specific
2. BExternal, stable and specific
3. CInternal, unstable and specific
4. DInternal, stable and global

Research on cultural factors shows that the Japanese syndrome taijin kyofusho mainly involves fear of:

1. ABeing possessed by spirits
2. BLosing one's soul after a sudden fright, leading to weakness and loss of appetite
3. COffending or embarrassing others through one's appearance or behaviour
4. DThe genitals retracting into the body