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There is a high prevalence of psychological problems in medical patients. One proposed reason for this is:

some medical disorders also cause psychological problems.

patients may preferentially report physical symptoms rather than emotional symptoms.

negative cognitions and affect are central to poor illness behaviours.

both A and C.

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Systematic desensitisation is useful in the treatment of phobias because it:

decouples the unconditioned stimulus from the conditioned response.

targets the cognitive domain of patient functioning.

assists with decreasing avoidant behaviours.

addresses the link between irrational beliefs and negative emotions.

3

The placebo effect

demonstrates the importance of evidence based pharmacological treatments.

misattributes drug effects to treatment expectations.

demonstrates the importance of treatment expectations.

misattributes drug effects to coping strategies.

4

A 28 year old female describes a history of persistent symptoms of anxiety. As her treating medical practitioner, you suspect a generalised anxiety disorder rather than a phobia. This is because the

anxiety is associated with a specific pattern of response.

symptoms occur in most situations.

symptoms include panic attacks.

anxiety has resulted in repeated emergency medical presentations.

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According to Zajonc (1984)

cognitive processing is integral to emotional experience.

cognitive appraisal influences the type of emotional response.

emotional experiences can occur in the absence of cognitive processing.

cognitive attributes are central to illness perceptions and emotional responses.

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The comorbidity of psychiatric disorders in general medical patients is closest to

50%

10%

25%

75%

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