Unit 8A Abnormal Psych Fact or Fiction?

In some cultures, depression & schizophrenia are nonexistent.

• True

• False

The more contact people have with individuals with disorders, the less accepting their attitudes are.

• True

• False

About 30% of psychologically disordered people are dangerous; that is, they are more likely than other people to commit a crime.

• True

• False

Research indicates that in the United States there are more prison inmates with severe mental disorders than there are psychiatric inpatients in all the country's hospitals.

• True

• False

Identical twins who have been raised separately sometimes develop similar phobias.

• True

• False

Dissociative identity disorder is a type of schizophrenia.

• True

• False

In North America, today's young adults are three times more likely than their grandparents to report having suffered depression

• True

• False

White Americans commit suicide nearly twice as often as Black Americans do.

• True

• False

There is strong evidence for a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia.

• True

• False

26% of adult Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.

• True

• False