Download Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Latest Assessment

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Latest
Assessment and Treatment Strategies
Question from chapter 1
1) OCD impacts what percent of adults in the general population?
a) 1%
b) 2.5%
c) 3%
d) 4.5%
2) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a) people with OCD have below average to average intelligence
b) peak age of onset for males is between ages 13 and 15
c) peak age of onset for females is between ages 20 and 24
d) onset usually occurs gradually
Question from chapter 2
3) Typical symptoms experienced by those with OCD include all EXCEPT
a) overestimating the importance of thoughts
b) compulsively seeking situations that involve the content of their obsessions
c) overestimating harm
d) worrying and ruminating excessively
4) Which disorder is more common in families of those with OCD?
a) Rett's Disorder
b) ADHD
c) Tourette's syndrome
d) Turner's syndrome
5) Which is a scoring system that allows the client to rate discomfort on a 100 point scale?
a) BTUS
b) SUDS
c) BAI
d) SOAP
6) Addictive behaviors are very similar to OCD compulsions.
a) True
b) False
7) Which disorder involves a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness and control at the
expense of flexibility and openness?
a) OCD
b) OCPD
c) ODD
d) tic disorder
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Question from chapter 3
8) Gradual, naturally occurring reduction of anxiety or discomfort over time if exposure is maintained
describes
a) extinction
b) habituation
c) flooding
d) generalization
9) Which behavioral treatment focuses on verbal repetition?
a) satiation
b) systematic desensitization
c) paradoxical intention
d) imagined flooding
10) Having the patient exposed to an actual anxiety-eliciting stimulus such as Barney the dinosaur is an
example of
a) abuse
b) response prevention
c) in-vivo exposure
d) aversion relief
11) A technique where the clinician demonstrates exposure for the client describes
a) miming
b) exhibitionism
c) modeling
d) imagined exposure
12) All the following were found to correlate with treatment outcome of Exposure and Response Prevention
EXCEPT
a) symptom duration
b) level of supervision
c) presentation of stimuli
d) mental rituals
13) In
a)
b)
c)
d)
the RET model the "A" component stands for
arousal
antecedent
activating events
affect
14) In psychoanalytic theory, what is the process through which unacceptable feelings or impulses are
controlled by behaving directly opposite of them?
a) regression
b) reaction formation
c) isolation
d) displacement
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15) All
a)
b)
c)
d)
of the following treatment methods are used with a psychoanalytic approach EXCEPT
providing insight
flooding
tolerating anxiety
active confrontation
16) Therapeutic factors associated with group therapy include all EXCEPT
a) response prevention
b) universality
c) altruism
d) role flexibility
17) All
a)
b)
c)
d)
the following are limitations of group therapy for OCD EXCEPT
difficulty organizing a treatment group
fearing that new symptoms will be acquired
participants want group every day
noncompliance with treatment
18) When several family members participated as a group with clients in behavioral treatment, clients' OCD
symptoms worsened.
a) True
b) False
Question from chapter 4
19) Approximately what percent of OCD sufferers also have a relative with OCD?
a) 30%
b) 40%
c) 50%
d) 60%
20) Research links OCD development to abnormal hyperactive function in all the following brain areas
EXCEPT
a) occipital
b) basil ganglia
c) pre frontal
d) orbito-frontal
21) What term is used to describe children with OCD whose OCD symptoms worsen after streptococcal?
a) PANDAS
b) LEMURS
c) EWOKS
d) KOALAS
22) Relatively high concentrations of serotonin are present in the basal ganglia and the
a) pons
b) circle of Willis
c) Broca's area
d) hypothalamus
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23) What are the first line medication treatments for OCD?
a) mood stabilizers
b) SSRI antidepressants
c) MAOI antidepressants
d) anti-anxiety agents
24) All
a)
b)
c)
d)
the following statements about OCD medication treatment are true EXCEPT
there are relatively few effective medications
there is delayed onset (6 to 10 weeks) of therapeutic effects
there is partial improvement in symptoms (25-40%)
full symptom remission is common with appropriate medication
25) Electroconvulsive Therapy has proved effective for treating OCD.
a) True
b) False
Question from Appendix A
26) Which self-report OCD instrument was published by Italian researchers in 1988?
a) MOCI
b) Compulsive Activity Checklist
c) Padua Inventory
d) OCD-R
27) Which structured OCD interview has a computer-assisted, telephone administration version?
a) SCID
b) ADIS-R
c) Y-BOCS
d) MONK
28) Which psychometric assessment instrument has a psychasthenia scale?
a) Rorschach
b) MMPI-2
c) TAT
d) MCMI-III
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