Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis — Flashcards

Flashcard 81: According to the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales-5 (SBS-5), a person with an IQ of _____ is considered as gifted or very advanced

Answer: 130-144

Flashcard 82: _____ judgment is the ability to perceive social situations and act accordingly.

Answer: Social

Flashcard 83: Insight is characteristically present in _____

Answer: neurosis (psychosis/neurosis)

Flashcard 84: _____ are a type of mental image that are vivid and clear but lacking the substantiality of perceptions.

Answer: Pseudohallucinations

Flashcard 85: _____ are people who feel they are in between two genders, or of neither gender

Answer: Genderqueers

Flashcard 86: Affect is said to be _____ when there is excessive variation in emotions without any apparent reason

Answer: labile

Flashcard 87: The _____ is used for measuring and quantifying disability in mental illnesses.

Answer: IDEAS (scale)

Flashcard 88: Amobarbital (Amytal) increases alertness in _____ stupor

Answer: psychogenic

Extra: The Amytal interview (Narcosynthesis) helps differentiate between organic and psychogenic (functional/catatonic) stupor. Patients with psychogenic stupor often show a temporary "lucid interval" with increased alertness and communication upon administration of sub-hypnotic doses of Amobarbital. In contrast, patients with organic stupor typically become more sedated.

Flashcard 89: _____ is a disorder of perception where the person feels that one's environment has changed in some strange way that is difficult to describe.

Answer: Derealization

Flashcard 90: Patients with _____ mental disability cannot be educated (are dependent) but can do simple tasks under supervision

Answer: severe (level)