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B. c. d. e. ACTH Endorphins Serotonin Substance P Arachidonic acid 97. Benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and many anticonvulsants exert their influence through which of the following types of receptors? a. b. c. d. e. Muscarinic Dopamine Glutamate Adrenergic Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) 43 44 Psychiatry 98. Seasonal circadian rhythm has been implicated in the etiology of a. b. c. d. e. Depression Sociopathy Capgras syndrome Panic disorder OCD 99. The subject of a sleep study has been asleep for 90 minutes.

From 2 to 6 months, the child enters “symbiosis,” a stage characterized by psychological fusion or lack of differentiation between mother and child. ” This phase occurs between 6 and 36 months during which the child develops a concept of him- or herself as different and separated from the mother. During the same period, the infant gradually develops an internal, stable representation (introjection) of the mother, which includes both her positive and negative aspects. The separation-individuation phase is subdivided into four subphases: “differentiation,” between 6 and 10 months, refers to the child’s ini- 32 Psychiatry tial awareness that the mother is a separate person; “practicing,” between 10 and 16 months, is characterized by the child’s enthusiastic exploration of the environment, thanks to his or her newly acquired mobility; “rapprochement,” between 16 and 24 months, refers to a period characterized by a need to know where the mother is and frequent “refueling,” triggered by the child’s new awareness that independence also makes him or her vulnerable; the fourth subphase, “object constancy,” takes place during the third year of life and refers to the integration of the good and bad aspects of both the internalized images of the mother and the child’s self.

B. c. d. e. Raphe nuclei Locus ceruleus Cingulate cortex Basal forebrain Frontal cortex 46 Psychiatry 109. ” The physician explains who he is and tells the patient his name. ” What vitamin deficiency can cause this particular form of alcoholinduced amnesic disorder? a. b. c. d. e. Panthotenic acid Folate Thiamine Riboflavin Niacin 110. An elderly gentleman wakes up from a nap in a state of great agitation. Although he appears to want to communicate, he only repeats the sentence “See you later” over and over.

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