Personality and Mood Disorders Q 90
Anxiety is caused by:
A. An objective threat.
B. A subjectively perceived threat.
C. Hostility turned to the self.
D. Masked depression.
Correct Answer: B. A subjectively perceived threat.
Anxiety is caused by a subjectively perceived threat. Anxiety is one of the most common mental disorders, with 19.1% of adults in the U.S. being affected in the past year. Anxiety can begin early in life, with an average age of onset of 11 years old, and it may range from mildly uncomfortable symptoms to severe and debilitating panic that can interfere with a person’s ability to live normally.
Option A: Fear is caused by an objective threat. Sometimes fear stems from real threats, but it can also originate from imagined dangers. Fear can also be a symptom of some mental health conditions including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Option C: A depressed client internalizes hostility. The common features of all the depressive disorders are sadness, emptiness, or irritable mood, accompanied by somatic and cognitive changes that significantly affect the individual’s capacity to function.
Option D: Mania is due to masked depression. Some other hallmarks of mania are an elevated or expansive mood, mood lability, impulsivity, irritability, and grandiosity. If the individual experiencing these symptoms requires hospitalization, then this period automatically qualifies as true mania and not hypomania, even if the symptoms are present for less than one week.