Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Systematic desensitisation is mainly used to treat:

  1. APersonality disorders
  2. BDementia
  3. CSchizophrenia
  4. DPhobias
2.Easy

Which manual is widely used to classify mental disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association?

  1. ADSM-5 (DSM-5-TR)
  2. BICD-11
  3. CWAIS-IV
  4. DMMPI-2
3.Easy

Lithium is mainly used in the treatment of:

  1. ASpecific phobia
  2. BADHD
  3. CAnorexia nervosa
  4. DBipolar disorder
4.Medium

The diathesis–stress model proposes that mental disorders arise from:

  1. AAn underlying vulnerability combined with environmental stress
  2. BStress alone
  3. CGenes alone
  4. DPoor parenting alone
5.Medium

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

  1. ATreating attention problems in young children with ADHD
  2. BPreventing relapse in people with recurrent depression
  3. CCuring dementia
  4. DTreating acute psychosis
6.Medium

According to Clark's cognitive model of panic, panic attacks arise from:

  1. AA shortage of rewarding activities in daily life
  2. BUnconscious conflict between the id and the superego over forbidden impulses
  3. CCatastrophic misinterpretation of normal bodily sensations
  4. DFear of evaluation by other people
7.Hard

Which finding best supports the role of serotonin and other monoamines, rather than circumstance alone, in depression?

  1. ADepression never runs in families
  2. BEveryone who experiences a loss becomes depressed
  3. CDrugs that act on monoamine systems reduce depressive symptoms more than placebo in randomised trials
  4. DDepression rates are equal in all countries, regardless of large differences in social and economic circumstances
8.Hard

A researcher finds that adoptees whose biological mothers had schizophrenia develop it more often than adoptees whose biological mothers did not, despite being raised by unaffected families. What does this design help to separate?

  1. AThe effects of antipsychotic medication from the effects of psychological therapy
  2. BGenetic influences from the effects of the rearing environment
  3. CPositive symptoms from negative symptoms
  4. DDiagnosis by DSM from diagnosis by ICD

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Phobias
  2. 2. A · DSM-5 (DSM-5-TR)
  3. 3. D · Bipolar disorder
  4. 4. A · An underlying vulnerability combined with environmental stress
  5. 5. B · Preventing relapse in people with recurrent depression
  6. 6. C · Catastrophic misinterpretation of normal bodily sensations
  7. 7. C · Drugs that act on monoamine systems reduce depressive symptoms more than placebo in randomised trials
  8. 8. B · Genetic influences from the effects of the rearing environment

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