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Richard has had episodes of sheer terror over the past 8 months when walking into a church building. He breaks into a cold sweat and often feels like he is having a heart attack. During these attacks he imagines that he is completely losing control of himself. He has stopped going to church because he fears having another one of these attacks, but they have also happened without warning at other times. Which of the following diagnoses is most likely?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the difference between major depressive disorder and persistent depressive disorder?

Katie reports that over the past six months she has been binge eating several times a week and self-inducing vomiting afterwards to control her weight. She states she has lost weight going from a 20 on the BMI scale to a current 14. Katie states that she is ugly because she is fat and needs to lose more weight. Which of the following diagnoses is most likely?

Ava deals with a lot of anxiety and stress. For the past three months she has developed a troubling habit of pulling on her hair to deal with her stress and feels a decrease in tension after pulling out a few hairs. She then feels an urge to eat the hair and has been eating the hair she pulls out for about six weeks. For which of the following diagnoses does Ava meet the criteria?

In several classes of diagnoses, video and class discussion presented the idea of the disorders being arranged in a hierarchy. What does this mean? Give an example of some of the disorders that are in a hierarchy. How does this affect the diagnostic process? (6-8 sentences expected)

BONUS (1 point for a correct answer) — Which of the following is NOT one of the common side effects for SSRI medications?

Short answer in two parts: define and give an example of DELUSION

Short answer in two parts: define and give an example of COMPULSIONS

Which of the following symptoms is least likelyin someone with posttraumatic stress disorder?

When an individual with mental illness experiences a traumatic event or crisis, what outcomes might be expected and/or how does that experience affect their prognosis? (6-8 sentences expected)