Exam 6: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Dr.Banks has chosen a treatment for Amy's illness anxiety disorder based on its proven effectiveness.Which treatment did Dr.Banks most likely select?

Mark has intense anxiety about his health.He focuses on slight changes in his heartbeat and greatly exaggerates minor aches and pains.He frequently visits multiple doctors because he resents doctors telling him that nothing is physically wrong with him.What condition does Mark appear to have?

Define body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and discuss why there is concern regarding individuals with BDD obtaining plastic surgery.

Which treatment teaches the person with obsessive-compulsive disorder that no harm will result if they do not perform the ritual?

Drugs that inhibit the reuptake of serotonin have been found to be moderately effective in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Which statement illustrates one problem with using pharmacological treatments?

You hear two colleagues talking, and one of them states that a friend has just been diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder.What is your colleague's friend's gender and status most likely to be?

John was diagnosed with diabetes over a year ago.He is in denial about the need to regularly check his insulin levels and intervene when necessary.This consistent pattern of neglect, inappropriate monitoring, and intervention is consistent with which of the following?

Which of the following is referred to as functional neurological symptom disorder?

What is the essential element of illness anxiety disorder?

Which of the following characteristics is NOT associated with the problem of hoarding?

Doctors suspect that Allen has conversion disorder.What symptoms is Allen most likely displaying?

What is consistent with obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder?

Before the DSM-5, trichotillomania and excoriation disorder were classified under which of the following?

Compulsions can be behavioural in nature.What else could they be?

Sam has somatic symptom disorder, while Dylan has illness anxiety disorder.What will be the main difference in the presentation of symptoms between these two individuals?

While patients with panic disorder and patients with illness anxiety disorder both tend to misinterpret bodily sensations, how do the two kinds of patients differ?

What research evidence contradicted Freud's explanation of the cause of conversion disorder?

Micah's doctor notices that Micah has no eyelashes.The doctor questions Micah about this and Micah admits that he sometimes has an irresistible urge to pull out his body hair.What would Micah's diagnosis most likely be?

What is the obsession in tic-related obsessive-compulsive disorder almost always related to?

Illness anxiety disorder is essentially an emotional disturbance.What triggers it?