Chapter 12: Obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

____     1.   Nonpharmacological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) would most likely include which of the following?

A.	Electroconvulsive therapy
B.	Cognitive behavioral therapy
C.	Milieu therapy
D.	Dialectical behavioral therapy

 

 

____     2.   Which of the following tricyclic antidepressants is most effective in the treatment of OCD?

A.	Imipramine
B.	Amitriptyline
C.	Desipramine
D.	Clomipramine

 

 

____     3.   In obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsession/compulsion symptom cluster types include all of the following except

A.	Dirt and contamination
B.	Counting and checking
C.	Lying and stealing
D.	Hoarding and collecting, saving

 

 

____     4.   For one-third to one-half of patients with OCD, the onset of the symptoms is

A.	After the age of 30 years
B.	In the 30s and 40s
C.	During childhood or adolescence
D.	In middle age

 

 

____     5.   On clinical presentation, patients with OCD tend to

A.	Be eager to discuss their symptoms
B.	Have good insight into their obsessions and compulsions
C.	Describe a sudden intrusion of unwanted distressful thoughts and the need to do something to reduce their distress
D.	Be aware of the influence of their symptoms on their families

 

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. ANS:  B                    PTS:   1

 

2. ANS:  D                    PTS:   1

 

3. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1

 

4. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1

 

5. ANS:  C                    PTS:   1