Exam 6: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders

One of the important issues in the use of medication to treat somatic symptom disorder is that

Illness behavior is a key concept of somatic symptom disorders. Which of the following is NOT a type of illness behavior as described in the textbook?

In the Gisela case from your textbook, Gisela expressed fear that

People with dissociative identity disorder often have

The two main environmental risk factors for dissociative disorders are

Identify the key features and epidemiology of somatic symptom disorders.

Limiting the number of times a person can monitor physical symptoms, check some perceived flaw, groom themselves, or engage in some other access behavior is known as

John's therapist notes symptoms in him that include greater difficulty concentrating and feeling more alienated from his environment, greater worry about minor dissociation such as sitting in a car at the supermarket and wondering how he arrived there, and highway hypnosis. John will most likely be diagnosed as having dissociation at the ____ level.

When a person is encouraged to re-examine inaccurate statements to challenge troubling thoughts, the therapy method being used is

Researchers have found that certain aspects of somatic symptom disorders such as ____, or the difficulty understanding one's own emotions, have a genetic basis.

Biological evidence suggests that people with somatic symptom disorders have brain changes that lead to

Educating children and parents about dangerous and nondangerous physical symptoms, attending to serious but not common bodily changes, helping youths cope with traumatic events and related mental disorders, ensuring adequate and competent healthcare, and practicing anxiety management are designed to help prevent

Although dissociative disorder causation is unclear, recent evidence would indicate that

The deliberate reporting of physical or psychological symptoms for some external motivation describes

Aspects of dissociative disorders are highly comorbid with other mental disorders, especially those involving

The most common medications for treating persons with somatic symptom disorder are

Ann was in a terrible car accident. As the accident happened, she felt almost like she was watching the event from outside of herself. Ann is most accurately described as experiencing

Outline the various causes of dissociative disorders.

Vonda has been diagnosed with very severe somatic symptom disorder. You would expect her to

A strong predictor of future PTSD problems is