Hung Up Trivia Quiz

Answer: Anterograde Amnesia

Anterograde amnesia is the disorder that disallows the creation of all or most new memories. Like many disorders of the brain, anterograde amnesia remains a mystery but some causes have been noted; traumatic brain injury, blackouts from alcohol intoxification and drug use to name a few. The area of the brain involved with this disorder is the temporal cortex.

Retrograde amnesia involves forgetting past events but current events are kept in the memory bank. Psychogenic amnesia is from psychological stresses and is the inability to remember personal information, autobiographical information if you will.

In "50 First Dates" Lucy was stuck in time on Sunday, October 13. On that date, she was involved in a serious car accident with her father. She suffered a traumatic brain injury and developed anterograde amnesia.

Answer: All of these

Electroconvulsive therapy is used for a variety of psychiatric conditions including catatonia, severe depression and mania. Specifically, ECT helps in cases of severe depression with a refusal to eat, suicide attempts or depression that is not responding to other treatments. ECT is used to end episodes of severe mania. Some examples of catatonia or catatonic states are lack of movement, severe body rigidity and stupor. ECT is a treatment option, as some drug classes may worsen the condition.

The award-winning movie, "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" had a "shock shop" for ECT. The patients in the mental institution had regular ECT treatments and also received the therapy as a result of a misdeed or action deemed inappropriate.

Answer: Mysophobia

Mysophobia is a fear of uncleanliness and contamination. Ablutophobia is a fear of bathing or washing. Arachnophobia is fear of spiders (shudder). Coulrophobia is a fear of clowns.

Melvin was played by Jack Nicholson. His OCD was portrayed throughout the film. For example, he ate at the same place for breakfast everyday, sitting at the same table with the same waitress taking care of his order. His mysophobia was apparent when he brought plastic utensils for his meal each day. Jack won an Academy Award for Best Actor with this film.

Answer: Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Have you ever heard the saying "it is your world, I am just living in it"? (It is also a lyric in a Tim McGraw song.) A typical narcissist is self-centered with the world revolving around them and without regard for anyone else or anyone's problems. Scarlett fits the bill!

Clinical Depression is a mood disorder. It involves sadness, feelings of loss, anger and frustration that effect every day life and can extend into weeks as well as months. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that confuses the mind. Thought processes are disrupted making a person have difficulty determining real from not real. Agoraphobia is the abnormal fear of open spaces, like public places. It is an anxiety disorder.

Answer: Antisocial Personality Disorder

One survey of mental disorders in prisoners, states antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) has been diagnosed in almost 50% of males surveyed in the prison systems. People with this disorder lack remorse and are not usually concerned with the consequences of their actions. There are no medications to treat ASPD. "The Burning Bed" was based on a true story. Mickey abused his wife for thirteen years. She eventually set fire to his bed and he was killed. She was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.

Clinical Depression is a mood disorder. It involves sadness, feelings of loss, anger and frustration that effect every day life and can extend into weeks as well as months. Paranoia involves irrational thoughts and auditory hallucinations that lead to debilitating anxiety and fears. Paranoid types are very distrusting. The fear of work defines ergophobia.

Answer: Erotomania

Erotomania is the delusional belief that someone is in love with you. You think they are sending you special signals or glances. These signals can even be via telepathy or through the media. The film "Obsessed" showed Lisa trying to seduce married man Derek throughout the film, even after multiple rejections. Beyonce Knowles played the wife, Sharon.

Erotophobia is the fear of sexual love. Frigophobia is the fear of cold or cold things. Ergomania is an obsession with work.

Answer: Anorexia Nervosa

In addition to the listed characteristics, people with anorexia nervosa have a low body weight and they obsess over being thin. "The Karen Carpenter Story" was a biographical account of singer and musician Karen Carpenter. She died of complications from anorexia nervosa February 4, 1983.

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder with recurrent cycles of binging and purging. Pica is an eating disorder that is more common in kids and women. They consume non-nutritive things such as chalk, clay or ice. Binge eating disorder does not involve purging. It is characterized by over-eating.

Answer: Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociative identity disorder was previously called Multiple Personality Disorder. A person with this diagnosis would have at least two distinct personalities with accompanying memory loss. Sally Field played Sybil in the 1976 film of the same name. She had over ten distinct personalities.

Clinical Depression is a mood disorder. It involves sadness, feelings of loss, anger and frustration that effect every day life and can extend into weeks as well as months. Paranoia involves irrational thoughts and auditory hallucinations that lead to debilitating anxiety and fears. Paranoid types are very distrusting. Necrophobia is an abnormal fear of death.

Answer: Alzheimer's Disease

Dr. Aloysius Alzheimer is the German psychiatrist for which the disease is named. The disease is characterized by progressive worsening of cognitive and functional abilities. It is one of the costliest diseases in the United States and Europe. "The Notebook" was a story about relationships that spanned over the years starting during World War II concluding in the 2000s. Allie was the character who had the debilitating disease.

Attention deficit disorder is inattentiveness causing problems in daily life with things such as studies and organization skills. Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder that causes the performance of repetitive behaviors to reduce the stress. Gynophobia is a fear of women.

Answer: Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia is the fear of tight or enclosed spaces and can include a fear of not being able to escape. "The Descent" told a tale of women trapped while exploring caves. They experienced lots of tight spaces and ugly creatures chasing them.(No thanks!)

Algophobia is the fear of pain. Chiroptophobia is a fear of bats. Pyrophobia is a fear of fire.