Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Tolerance to a substance means that:

  1. AThe substance has no effect from the start
  2. BThe person no longer craves the substance
  3. CIncreasing amounts are needed to achieve the same effect
  4. DUnpleasant symptoms appear when the substance is stopped
2.Easy

Specific phobia, panic disorder and social anxiety disorder are all grouped in DSM-5 as:

  1. ATrauma- and stressor-related disorders
  2. BAnxiety disorders
  3. CSomatic symptom disorders
  4. DDepressive disorders
3.Easy

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves:

  1. AIntrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours performed to reduce anxiety
  2. BInability to remember important personal information after a stressful event
  3. CExcessive happiness and energy
  4. DA single panic attack
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

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

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

Clozapine is typically reserved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia because:

  1. AIt can cause agranulocytosis, so regular blood monitoring is required
  2. BIt is the least effective antipsychotic available, so it is a last resort
  3. CIt cannot be taken as tablets
  4. DIt only works on negative symptoms
7.Hard

An older patient becomes confused over two days after starting a new medication, with attention that varies through the day. Her daughter says her memory was normal last week. What is the most appropriate interpretation?

  1. ALate-onset schizophrenia
  2. BNormal ageing
  3. CDelirium, which needs a search for a physical or drug cause
  4. DEarly Alzheimer's disease, which needs a referral to a memory clinic
8.Hard

A therapist helps a client with panic disorder deliberately bring on dizziness by spinning in a chair, without using safety behaviours. What is this technique called and why is it used?

  1. AAversion therapy, so the client learns to associate panic with physical discomfort
  2. BInteroceptive exposure, so the client learns bodily sensations are not dangerous
  3. CFlooding, so the client forgets their trauma
  4. DFree association, so unconscious fears come to light

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Increasing amounts are needed to achieve the same effect
  2. 2. B · Anxiety disorders
  3. 3. A · Intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours performed to reduce anxiety
  4. 4. A · An underlying vulnerability combined with environmental stress
  5. 5. D · In OCPD, perfectionism and rigidity are usually experienced as acceptable parts of the self
  6. 6. A · It can cause agranulocytosis, so regular blood monitoring is required
  7. 7. C · Delirium, which needs a search for a physical or drug cause
  8. 8. B · Interoceptive exposure, so the client learns bodily sensations are not dangerous

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