Aetiology of Psychiatric Disorders

An adult has marked orderliness, miserliness and obstinacy. Persistence of traits from which psychosexual phase accounts for this pattern?

In Freud's theory of dreams, which mechanism fuses several latent elements sharing a common feature into one piece?

Which component of the superego develops through internalization of the prohibitions of early childhood?

Which feature characterizes operant conditioning?

Which psychosexual phase is associated with extreme dependency and with fixation or regression in alcohol and other drug dependence?

Which psychic structure mediates between drives derived from the id and external reality?

Which structure in Freud's structural theory contains primitive drives, demands immediate gratification and is mainly unconscious?

A person consciously decides to postpone focusing on an unacceptable impulse that has entered awareness. Which defense mechanism is being used?

Which function of the ego refers to the ability to hold together as a person?

A previously neutral stimulus comes to induce a response that it did not ordinarily produce. Which learning process does this illustrate?

A patient views other people as entirely good or entirely bad, without considering their full range of qualities. Which defense mechanism does this illustrate?

Which dream-work mechanism begins as full consciousness returns and makes the dream appear more rational?

In Jung's analytic psychology, what is the term for the unconscious masculine side of a woman's female persona?

In Freud's account of psychosexual development, how is the Oedipus complex resolved?

Which neurotransmitter is classified as a peptide?

Which childhood event is listed as a vulnerability factor for psychiatric illness?

What is the role of predisposing factors in the development of mental illness?

Poor communication between family members, including overinvolvement, critical comments and hostility, has been proposed to contribute to which disorder?

Which group consists entirely of neurotransmitters classified as amino acids in the source?

Which was the first neurotransmitter discovered?

A person is detached, cold, self-sufficient and has few friends. The personality pattern described is believed to predispose to which psychiatric illness?

Which personality type is described as predisposing to manic-depressive psychosis?