Risperdal is used to reduce agitation in patients as well as reducing delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorders. This drug would be classified as a(n)
a. antipsychotic.
b. anxiolytic.
c. antidepressant.
d. minor tranquilizer.
a
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Aiden's father recently died in an automobile accident. Since his father's death, Aiden has appeared emotionally unchanged but is now frequently truant from school, engages in reckless driving, and fights with other teens. A suitable diagnosis for Aiden might be adjustment disorder __________.
A. with mixed disturbance of emotion and conduct B. with mixed anxiety and depressed mood C. with disturbance of conduct D. unspecified
Extraversion, openness, and sociosexuality might be lower in countries near the equator because low levels of these traits ________.
a. facilitate hunting in complicated ecological systems b. facilitate greater group cooperation c. promote psychological well-being in warm climates d. reduce interpersonal contact and disease risk