Exam 6: Somatic and Dissociative Disorders

Some individuals who have experienced several fugue episodes decide to ____in the event of a future occurrence.

Yassir has been under great stress at work. He tells his doctor that he cannot feel his hand from his wrist to his fingertips. He says it is as though all the feeling in the nerves has been cut off at the wrist. The doctor, knowing how nerves are distributed, will probably see Yassir as having ____.

Which therapists educate their patients about the relationship between misinterpreted bodily sensations and selective attention to topics of illness for treatment of illness anxiety disorder?

Which statement about dissociative amnesia is accurate?

Dissociative identity disorder can involve an experience of ____, in which the person's sense of personal identity is replaced by a supernatural presence.

What is a particular concern when using hypnosis with clients who have dissociative disorders?

Barbie has complained of an unexplained illness for several years. She has had many painful and high-risk surgeries and other treatments, which she has willingly undergone. In fact, she seems to enjoy playing the "sick role." She gets extremely angry when anyone questions whether she really has an actual physical problem. These symptoms suggest that Barbie suffers from ____.

According to psychodynamically-oriented thinkers, traumatic events alone do not produce multiple personalities. There must also be a ____.

Which symptom is necessary for a diagnosis of illness anxiety disorder?

Displays of multiple role enactments and social reinforcement are both key concepts in which explanation for dissociative disorders?

Joshua is a rehabilitation counselor whose job is to help people with disabilities become employed in an appropriate occupation. Joshua is concerned that there has been an increase in the number of people feigning physical injuries in order to receive government disability payments. What concept best identifies Joshua's concern?

Suppose you are the director of a mental health clinic in a neighborhood where many immigrants from India, China, and Korea live. You could expect that clients coming from these Asian backgrounds would ____.

As Will approaches the witness stand, he stops and clutches his throat. He has to leave the courtroom because he is unable to speak. If he has no other symptoms, his condition might be diagnosed as ____.

Jerald wakes up in New Jersey, some four hundred miles from his home in New Hampshire. He cannot remember how he got there, and he has no memory of his former life. He establishes a new identity in New Jersey. This illustrates ____.

Which statement about somatic symptom disorder is accurate?

Which statement about the development of dissociative identity disorder (DID) is accurate?

Describe the features of somatic symptom disorder, factitious disorders, and malingering, delineating how the three can be differentiated from one another.

Which symptoms are often found in association with dissociative fugue and amnesia?

A particularly promising treatment for somatic symptom disorders involves which approach?

According to the sociocognitive model (SCM) of dissociative identity disorder (DID), the disorder develops ____.