Exam 6: Somatic and Dissociative Disorders

What mental health problem is typically associated with both dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue?

The approaches that are particularly effective in treating somatic symptom disorders are ____.

Which individual has symptoms that most likely indicate a possible functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)?

The post-traumatic model (PTM) of dissociative disorders is based on which perspective?

When clients learn to experience and observe their problematic thoughts and symptoms without judgment or emotion, and without reacting to them, they are undergoing which form of therapy?

The chief difference between somatic symptom disorder and factitious disorders is whether the condition is ____.

Treatment of individuals with dissociative identity disorder tends to ____.

Depersonalization disorder differs from other dissociative disorders in that it ____.

"A chronic pattern (at least 6 months) of preoccupation with having or contracting a serious illness despite having minimal or no somatic symptoms" is a definition of ____.

Children and adolescents are rarely affected by the dissociative disorder known as ____.

Dante is a middle-aged man with a history of depression. Recently, he has been diagnosed with dissociative fugue. He adopts a completely new identity while staying in his hometown. His amnesia lasts only a short time. What aspect of this case is unusual for dissociative fugue?

Which of the following is a somatic symptom disorder?

Suppose we interviewed fifty people with illness anxiety disorder. Which quote do you expect we would hear most often?

Which of the following is indicative of a dissociative disorder?

A psychologist says, "We know it is a psychological disorder because there are cognitive distortions regarding the physical symptoms, which are not under voluntary control." What is the psychologist describing?

A psychologist explains a disorder as follows. "The disorder develops because, in the face of overwhelming stress, the person has the capacity to dissociate and wall off the traumatic experience. This happens when there is no support in the family." The psychologist probably holds a ____ perspective on ____.

In the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ferris deliberately fakes his own headaches and stomach pains so that he could avoid going to school. Aside from his irresponsibility, Ferris would best be diagnosed as exhibiting ____.

The symptoms of dissociative disorders generally become known through ____.

Evidence supporting the biological perspective on patients with illness anxiety disorder includes research showing they ____.

Reinforcement of illness behaviors and parental modeling of how to act sick are both etiological factors in which theory of functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)?