Exam 14: Dissociative Experiences

Dissociative disorders are frequently comorbid with other psychiatric conditions.Which of the following is the correct percentage of co-occurrence for dissociative and anxiety disorders?

Elzinga,van Dyck & Spinhoven (1998)found that the number of reported cases of Dissociative identity Disorder(DID)worldwide rose from 79 in 1980 to 6000 in 1986,and the vast majority of these have been reported in the US.Which of the following IS NOT a reason for this rise?

In dissociative disorders,which of the following drugs can be used concurrently with hypnotherapy to help the client recall past events?

In the treatment of dissociative identity disorders (DID),some overly directive therapeutic styles may lead to the recovery of:

According to DSM-5,which of the following are diagnostic criteria for dissociative amnesia?

In depersonalization disorder there is some evidence for abnormalities in what systems?

In dissociative identity disorder,distinctions are made between the host identity and the ______ identity.

The symptoms of some dissociative disorders such as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)are very complex and are unlikely to be explained by brain abnormalities.However,according to Sivec & Lynn,1995,DID may have been caused by:

Recent longer term studies of clients undergoing therapy for dissociative identity disorder (DID),including Kluft (2000)have found what percentage of successful integration over a period of three months after therapy?

Depersonalization symptoms also occur regularly in other disorders.Which of the following is NOT one of these?

In a study by Spanos et al.(1985),participants were asked to undergo hypnosis.What percentage of the groups who underwent hypnosis admitted to having an alter identity?

According to DSM-5 which of the following are diagnostic criteria for dissociative identity disorder?

In Dissociative Identity Disorder the host identity refers to:

A community sample study by Seedat,Stein & Forder (2003)found what percentage of respondents endorsed 4-5 lifetime dissociative symptoms?

The concept of reconstructive memory argues that memory is stored as a series of discrete elements associated with that experience:

From a sample of 349 females with dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS)with a mean age of 33,prevalence rates were:

Simeon,Stein & Hollander (1995)suggest that which of the following help to alleviate the symptoms of depersonalization disorder?

Dissociative identity disorder is the name for a disorder where:

Freud viewed dissociative symptoms,especially dissociative amnesia,as a form of:

In the US,a famous case if false memory syndrome involved a father who was convicted of murdering a child 20-years earlier on the basis that his daughter suddenly remembered him committing the act while she was undergoing therapy.His name was: