Exam 7: Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Why is cognitive-behavioural therapy effective for treating somatoform disorders? Using two specific somatoform disorders, explain why CBT would be better than any other treatment.

The Biopsychosocial Model of Conversion Disorder proposed by Stonnington et al. (2006) integrates two main elements. What are they?

Consciousness is usually a unified experience. When it is disrupted, what is the result?

How does dissociative fugue develop? How does this condition differ from dissociative amnesia?

Somatoform disorders all involve:

Dr. Davis, a psychoanalyst, and Dr. Besser, a behaviourist, are discussing a case of dissociative identity disorder. It is likely that they will agree that the symptoms arise:

Who is most likely to meet diagnostic criteria for conversion disorder?

Since somatization, hypochondriasis, pain disorder, and undifferentiated somatoform disorder share features of cognitive distortions and somatic symptoms, they are listed in DSM-5 as:

Which theory has dominated the study of somatoform disorders?

Chew and colleagues (2002) reported on two Canadian nurses who presented with urinary tract infections that were linked to the purposeful infusion of their blood into their bladders. This type of malingering is associated with:

Richard McNally's research has come to the general conclusion that:

Neurophysiological explanations of conversion disorder suggest that:

Hypochondriasis is defined as:

The earliest treatment of somatoform disorders involved primarily:

Dissociative fugue is a form of dissociative amnesia.

Sandra has 'glove anaesthesia.' This diagnosis:

Having thoughts such as "I am frequently looking on as if I am not part of things" and feeling that your body is not in harmony with your being is most likely a symptom of:

If the behavioural view of conversion disorder were accurate, then what would be true regarding experimental research on visual perception among the hysterically blind?

What is the common underlying thread for the somatoform and dissociative disorders? Why do you think some people develop one type of disorder over the other?

Roseanne is suffering from hysterical blindness. She participates in a study and it is shown that she: