What type of psychotic symptoms might be seen in someone suffering from major depression?
What will be an ideal response?
The presence of psychotic symptoms indicate that a break with reality has occurred and involves the presence of hallucinations and/or delusions. The psychotic symptoms seen in depression are mood-congruent, they are symptoms that are consistent with being depressed. The depressed individual, for example, might believe that their friends and family want them dead.
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A person who loses her memory and wanders away from home may be experiencing:
a. fugue. b. generalized anxiety. c. depression. d. dissociative identity disorder.
The major factor that determines which type of coping we use is
a. our current level of anxiety. b. how much control we have over the situation. c. whether or not the situation is threatening. d. how much frustration we have due to the situation.