PSY 371

 

STUDY GUIDE

 

TEST 2

 

 

The test will emphasize the following general domains:

 

Lecture material

 

Any research article covered in class [not limited to those mentioned below but ALL discussed in class; some mentioned below may not have been discussed in class]

 

Topics in textbook that overlap with topics covered in lecture

 

Key terms at the end of each chapter

 

Assigned case studies (precipitant, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments)

 

Video/film presentations

 

The test also will emphasize the following specific topics IF DISCUSSED IN CLASS:

 

What are the symptoms of  each of the covered somatoform disorders?

 

What makes it difficult to confidently diagnose  somatoform disorders?

 

How common is it for people to see physicians for symptoms with no known medical cause according to a study by Brown (2004)?

 

How are somatoform disorders distinguished from known medical disorders?

 

What are the symptoms of the covered dissociative disorders?

 

Does prevalence of somatoform or dissociative disorders differ between the U.S. and countries where the population is more medically na•ve, such as India?

 

What conditions are usually ruled out before diagnosing  somatoform or dissociative disorders?

 

What makes the diagnosis of Dissociative Identity  Disorder controversial?

 

What treatments are used for somatoform or dissociative disorders? Which are effective?

 

 

What types of eating are considered disordered in the DSM? What are the symptoms?

 

What characterizes eating disorders among elite female athletes? What precipitates the disorder?

 

Does the prevalence of the types of eating disorders differ across cultures?

 

What treatments are used for eating disorders?

 

Why are eating disorders difficult to treat?

 

What is the effect of prevention programs for eating disorders?

 

What eating disorder is illustrated in the text's case study? What precipitated it? What treatment was provided? Was the treatment effective?

 

What eating disorder is illustrated in the video about Catherine [IF THIS VIDEO WAS SHOWN IN CLASS]? What treatment was provided? Was the treatment effective? What other problems did Catherine exhibit?

 

What are the symptoms of mood disorders that were focused upon in class?

 

What are the risk factors or predictors of committing suicide?

 

How do the biological, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive, and behavioral paradigms account for mood disorders?

 

In the study by Varese et al. (1998) on female prison inmates, was the prevalence of depression more or less than among women in the general population? What mood regulation skills did the prisoners who became depressed exhibit?

 

What are the treatments used for mood disorders?

 

How does the effect of anti-depressant medication compare to that of a placebo?

 

What did Cooper (2004) conclude from a comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy versus anti-depressant medication versus a combination of both for treatment of major depressive disorder?

 

 

What are the symptoms of the types of schizophrenia covered in class?

 

Which symptoms of schizophrenia are considered "positive"?  "negative"?

 

What did the Chapman et al. (1980) study find regarding hallucinations?

 

What did Kring & Neale (1996) find regarding flat affect among people with schizophrenia?

 

What did Lieberman et al. (2005) find regarding use of anti-psychotic medication?

 

What are the DSM subtypes of schizophrenia?

 

What did Eggers & Bunk (1997) find regarding the long-term course of schizophrenia?

 

What did Schwartz  et al. (2003) find in their study on homicidality among people with schizophrenia?