Pathological gambling is considered an impulse-control disorder

The identification of deficits in working memory is particularly interesting with regard to schizophrenia because it links to other evidence regarding brain functions and this disorder. Processes that are associated with central executive processing are

associated with brain activity located in the ________ area of the prefrontal cortex that seems to be dysfunctional in schizophrenia. a. preoptic b. dorsolateral c. verbal d. posterior

Rene has an irrational fear of elevators and escalators to the point that she has walked up 20 flights of stairs. Her mother has such a fear of dirt and germs that she spends almost every waking moment cleaning, while wearing white cotton gloves. Rene and her mother each have a type of __________ disorder

a. anxiety b. psychotic c. somatoform d. personality