Psychopathology: Theory and Practice

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Remy Aquarone

1.

In the supporting slides for Remy Aquarone's video, which of the following 'signs of dissociation' are included in 'The SCID-D Clinical Model: Hidden and Externalised Signs of Dissociation' graphic?

Select any that apply

Eating Disorder

Identity Confusion

Depression

Mood Swings

Lucy Biven

2.

Panksepp's core emotional processes are:

Select one correct answer

SEEKING, AGGRESSION, PANIC, LUST, CARE, GRIEF, and PLAY

SEEKING, RAGE, FEAR, LUST, CARE, GRIEF, and PLAY

ATTACHMENT, RAGE, FEAR, LUST, CARE, GRIEF, and PLAY

Dr David Celani

3.

According to Fairbairn If the child is loved by the parents and they accept his love in return, he is able to give up which one of the following:

Select one correct answer

Infantile dependence

Primary narcissism

Oedipal fantasies

4.

According to Dr David Celani, which ego part in Fairbairn’s model needs to enlarge if the abused and neglected child is to survive?

Select one correct answer

The central ego

The anti-libidinal ego

The libidinal ego

Dr Ronald Doctor

5.

In quoting Duncan Cartwright, Dr Ronald Doctor describes a particular use of projective identification. What did Cartwright call this?

Select one correct answer

Narcissistic endoskeleton

Narcissistic exoskeleton

Toxic idealisation

6.

Dr Ronald Doctor says

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The story of the crime of murder is nearly always an attack on history and an attack on meaning

The committing of murder is nearly always an attack on the mother

A murder is nearly always an attack on a split-off and despised aspect the self

Mary Haley

7.

Mary Haley says the vast majority of prisoners have had violent childhoods. What examples of abuse does she list?

Select any that apply

Being kept in cages

Sexual abuse

Being made to watch sadistic acts

Dr Onno van der Hart

8.

In van der Hart's terminology, which of the following is NOT a phase in the standard phase-oriented treatment of dissociative disorders?

Select one correct answer

Working through the ramifications of the Oedipus complex

Personality reintegration and rehabilitation

Stabilisation

Integration of traumatic memories

Professor Jeremy Holmes

9.

According to Professor Holmes, which of the following feelings should have been called the ‘narcissistic affect’?

Select one correct answer

Pride

Anger

Shame

Professor Brett Kahr

10.

Professor Brett Kahr says:

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Each of us has the potentiality to fantasize about murder

The psychotherapy patient who fantasizes about murder should be referred to psychiatry

Fantasies about murder reflect serious psychopathology

Dr Jean Knox

11.

Jean Knox refers to 3 types of countertransference. They are:

Select any that apply

Syntonic

Ambivalent

Concordant

Complementary

Ruth Lanius

12.

In her talk 'The neurobiological unperpinnings...' Ruth Lanius says:-

Select any that apply

The Superior Colliculus ilicits cognitive functions

The Superior Colliculus ilicits defensive behaviours

The Superior Colliculus is more active in people with PTSD

13.

In her talk 'Neuroscientifically based therapeutic interventions...' Ruth Lanius says:-

Select any that apply

In a shut-down response parasympathetic activation takes over

Parasympathetic activation results in bradycardio vasodilation, hypotension and drop in arousal

Sympathetic activation results in dizziness and lightheadedness

Professor Gill McGauley

14.

Professor Gill McGauley gives the following quote: “It is a peculiar feature of the forensic context that what is not remembered is repeated in action” Who said this? (select one correct answer)

Select one correct answer

Donald Winnicott

Stephen Blumenthall

David Bell

Dr Susan Mizen

15.

Which part of the brain is essential for symbolization according to Dr Mizen’s research?

Select one correct answer

Amygdala

Hypothalamus

Angular Gyrus

Dr Phil Mollon

16.

Who does Dr Mollon say described disintegration as ‘the deepest anxiety man can experience’?

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Erich Fromm

Jacques Lacan

Victor Frankl

Heinz Kohut

Anna Motz

17.

Anna Motz says:

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Women are fundamentally passive

Women are governed by maternal instinct

Female violence is a response to powerlessness

Clara Mucci

18.

Clara Mucci cites the following quote, “Since the traumatic state cannot be represented, it is the unnameable.” To whom does she attribute this?

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Guiseppe Craparo

Slavoj Zizek

Dori Laub

19.

Otto Kernberg's group devised the following therapeutic technique, referred to by Mucci?

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Transference Focused Psychotherapy

Solution Focused Psychotherapy

Schema-focused therapy

Alexandra Richman

20.

In working with a complex trauma client, it is

Select any that apply

essential to establish safety early on in the therapeutic relationship

important to have in mind the work as a sequence of three phases

important to interpret the transference

very worth thinking about installing a place of safety and connecting the client with resources

21.

According to Richman, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Select one correct answer

Should be clearly distinguished from Dissociative Identity Disorder

Should be worked with in a different way from working with dissociative disorders

Should not be used as a diagnosis

Can be seen as similar to DID, as a disorder of alternating dissociated self-states

Dr Adah Sachs

22.

Dr Adah Sachs said which of the following statements?

Select any that apply

"Dissociation ultimately becomes maladaptive."

"Alters are certainly not confused, erratic or ‘mad’"

"Some alters are identified with the abusers and admire their strength, cruelty or high standing within the group. "

Dr Allan Schore

23.

Dr Schore says there are benefits to viewing BPD from a relational approach as opposed to an insight approach.

Select one correct answer

True

False

24.

BPD patients show striking deficits in which two of the following areas?

Select any that apply

Non-verbal executive function

Non-verbal memory

Working memory

Verbal fluency

Mark Solms

25.

Solms refers to two types of consciousness. Which of the following is correct?

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Exteroceptive and interoceptive

Cognizant and unconscious

Reflective and affective

26.

Solms refers to a small area of the brain that is essential for consciousness. Is it?

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Area Postrema

Hypothalamus

Periaquaductal Gray

Dr Celia Taylor

27.

Dr Celia Taylor describes common defense mechanisms. Which of the following does she list ? (Select any that are correct)

Select any that apply

Projection

Identification

The moral defence

Dr Estela Welldon

28.

Which of the following statements does Dr Estela Welldon make? (Select one correct answer)

Select one correct answer

Physical contact must never take place with forensic patients

Physical contact can reassure the forensic patient

Physical contact has to be carefully evaluated by the therapist to prevent retraumatisation

Remy Aquarone
1. In the supporting slides for Remy Aquarone’s video, which of the following ‘signs of dissociation’ are included in ‘The SCID-D Clinical Model: Hidden and externalized Signs of Dissociation’ graphic?	Tick any that apply
a. Eating Disorder
b. Identiy Confusion
c. Depression
d. Mood Swings

Lucy Biven
2. Panksepp’s core emotional processes are:	Select 1 correct answer
a. SEEKING, AGGRESSION, PANIC, LUST, CARE, GRIEF, and PLAY
b. SEEKING, RAGE, FEAR, LUST, CARE, GRIEF, and PLAY
c. ATTACHMENT, RAGE, FEAR, LUST, CARE, GRIEF, and PLAY

Dr David Celani
3. According to Fairbairn If the child is loved by the parents and they accept his love in return, he is able to give up which one of the following:	Select 1 correct answer
a. Infantile dependence
b. Primary narcissism
c. Oedipal fantasies

4. According to Dr David Celani, which ego part in Fairbairn’s model needs to enlarge if the abused and neglected child is to survive?	Select 1 correct answer
a. The central ego
b. The anti-libidinal ego
c. The libidinal ego

Dr Ronald Doctor
5. In quoting Duncan Cartwright, Dr Ronald Doctor describes a particular use of projective identification. What did Cartwright call this?	Select 1 correct answer
a. Narcissistic endoskeleton
b. Narcissistic exoskeleton
c. Toxic idealization

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