________ is a disorder known to cause alternating periods of hypomania and mild depressive symptoms over the course of two or more years.

Clyde developed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after his combat experience in Afghanistan. Since then, he tries his best to avoid distressing memories, thoughts, and feelings that are related to the event. This experience can be described as ________ avoidance.

Sam has forgotten who he is. He traveled to a city he has never visited before and is wandering around aimlessly. After a few days, he “comes to” and discovers his strange surroundings. Unable to recall how he got there or what he has been doing, Sam appears to be suffering from a ________. 

Despite its significant problems for long-term use, Benzodiazepines are sometimes prescribed to treat anxiety disorders because they act like ________, a neurotransmitter that ends firing of neuron receptors and slows down fear and anxiety responses.

The gold-standard treatment (i.e., the psychological intervention with most empirical research evidence supporting it) for treating specific phobias is ________. 

How would a psychodynamic therapist help an individual with dissociative identity disorder?

Emily is suffering from dissociative amnesia and cannot remember anything that happened before a traumatic event happened, as well as some of the events that occurred afterwards. This type of experience is called a ________ type of amnesia.

Which of the following is a distinction that the DSM-5-TR makes between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

Aira nearly drowned during an unexpected flash flood while at home over winter break. Since returning to school, she has developed an intense fear of rain. The near-drowning is ________, her terror in response to the near drowning is ________; and rain is ________.

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a Criterion A trauma for acute stress and posttraumatic stress disorders?