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Which one of the following examples is not the subtype of ADHD?

A) Inattention
B) Hyperactivity
C) Impulsivity
D) Depression

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_____ is an altered state of consciousness observed among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel (Grisaru,Budowski,& Witztum,1997) .The belief in possession by ____spirits,common in Africa,is expressed by involuntary movements,mutism,and incomprehensible language.What is this.

A) Zar
B) Whakama
C) Sinbyong
D) Avanga

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Which of the following is not one of the assessment guidelines for practitioners to distinguish psychopathology and culture-related conditions by Paniagua (1998,2000) ?

What is one of the most widely used systems of classification?

What is the possible cause of anorexia nervosa?

Kleinman (1978) takes the position that __________ reflects a biologically based disorder,whereas ______________ refers to the personal and social experience of depression.

According to Carson et al.(1988) ,assessment of _____ involves identifying and describing an individual's symptoms " within the context of his or her overall level of functioning and environment" the tools and methods of assessment should be sensitive to cultural and other environmental influences on behavior and functioning.Fill in the blank.

_____ is characterized by hysteria and echolalia,observed primarily in women in Malaysia.What is this?

This might be best understood as resulting from the unique emphasis on potency in certain cultures that emphasize paternal authority.What is this?

According to the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders (CCMD) ,the criteria for major depression in the earlier editions included a duration of symptoms for ________ because 2 weeks of depressive symptoms could be difficult to distinguish from social suffering,which was common in China's history of wars,turmoil,and rapid social change.How long is the duration.

According to Remschmidt (2005) ,______ is a valid disorder found in both developed and developing cultures,It has a neurobiological basis,and is unrecognized,underdiagnosed,and subsequently,left untreated in many countries.

According to the perspective of a _____________,depression takes a primarily affective form in cultures with strong objective orientations.

Which of the following is a New Zealand Maori construct that includes shame,self-abasement,feelings of inferiority,inadequacy,self-doubt,shyness,excessive modesty,and withdrawal (Sachdev,1990) .It does not have an exact equivalent in European or American societies.

Reliability,as you will recall,has to do with the degree to which the same diagnoses is made consistently over time and by different clinicians;

Using primarily _____ (culture-specific) approaches involving ethnographic examinations of behavior within a specific cultural context,anthropologists and psychiatrists have identified several apparently unique forms of psychological disorders.

The approach used in cross-cultural studies of depression and schizophrenia can be characterized as ___; that is,it assumes universally accepted definitions of abnormality and methodology.

Validity refers to the degree to which the diagnosis accurately portrays the clinical disorder it is supposed to describe.

What is not the symptom of Ataque de nervios which is observed in Latin American groups?

What is a symptom of schizophrenia?

According to Isaac et al.(1996),somatic expressions of psychological distress is a cultural phenomenon and that the presence of large numbers of somatic symptoms is strongly related to the over expression of psychological distress in European and American cultures,too.