Exam 6: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Compare and contrast depersonalisation-derealisation disorder and dissociative amnesia.

Sipho suddenly notices that the world looks weird to him.Some objects look bigger than normal and others look smaller.Cars passing by seem oddly shaped and people appear dead or mechanical.Sipho is experiencing

One distinction that may help determine those with DID from individuals who are malingering (faking their symptoms) is that malingerers are

Ronelle has DID.It is extremely likely that she also has

With regard to diagnosing a patient's symptoms as a conversion disorder, it is

George has completely lost his sight during the past year, but medical experts can find no physical reason for his blindness.This could be an example of

A man who finds himself living in a small town in Limpopo with no recall of how he got there may have

In non-Western cultures, trance and possession are

Without treatment, it is expected that DID will last ___________.

Catharsis is

In terms of antidepressant medication treatments for somatic symptom disorder, the most accurate statement based on the research so far is

One reason that DID can be misdiagnosed as psychosis is that

In dissociative amnesia, the individual typically has no memory of

One aspect of the DSM-5 criteria for the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder is

Although both panic disorder patients and people with somatic symptom disorder tend to misinterpret bodily sensations, patients with panic disorder

The modern view of the causes of conversion disorder is

Which of the following statements is TRUE about factitious disorders?

Conversion disorder symptoms generally appear

Patients diagnosed with dissociative amnesia with a dissociative fugue

With regard to dissociative identity disorder, the term 'alter' refers to ______________ within the individual.