Exam 5: Somatic Symptom, Dissociative, and Factitious Disorders

Dissociative identity disorder is controversial from a diagnostic perspective, and it is associated with False memory syndrome or recovered memories. Explain these two controversies and causes of concern for the general mental health population.

Fears or concerns about having a physical illness that continue despite medical reassurances typify illness anxiety disorder.

Aisha's mother tends to hover over her whenever she complains of not feeling well. Typically, she puts Aisha to bed, reads her a story, and spends the day bringing the child her favorite foods. From a behavioural perspective, Aisha's mother may be increasing the child's risk of developing a somatic symptom disorder because she is

Clinical reports reveal that antidepressants may be effective in the treatment of derealization and dissociative identity disorder. However,

A mother brings her child into the hospital emergency room repeatedly for various illnesses that include breathing problems, diarrhea, and seizures. The doctors could not find anything wrong with the child and determined that the symptoms were actually induced by the mother. What would this disorder be called?

The rarity of somatic symptom disorders limits our understanding of the role sex, ethnicity, and race play in their etiology.

All of the diagnostic criteria for somatic symptom disorder must all be present at the same time in order to make this psychological diagnosis.

Factitious disorder was originally termed ________ after a baron who told tall tales.

Review the legal implications surrounding factitious disorder imposed on another.

Linda was driving to work when she suddenly experienced a narrowing of her visual field. Pulling off to the side of the road, she suddenly lost her vision. After undergoing extensive medical testing, her physical condition was attributed to psychological factors. What diagnosis might Linda be given?

Heather complains of weakness in the left side of her body, nausea, difficulty walking, and severe headaches. Although she has had a complete medical work-up, no physiological basis for her complaints has been found. Despite this medical clearance, she does not feel well enough to return to college studies. Which of the following best describes Heather's symptoms?

From a psychoanalytic perspective, factitious disorders may be viewed as a form of ______, while behaviourists would view it as being maintained through _________.

Which of the following would be associated with factitious disorder?

According to the _____model, somatic symptom disorders reflect a complex interplay between physical and psychological factors.

From the psychoanalytic perspective, somatic symptom disorders may be understood as resulting from

Controlled clinical trials suggest that trauma plays only a limited role in the etiology of dissociative symptoms.

Dissociative amnesia involving recall of factual information may be _____ or generalized.

Mitchell was walking near campus late in the evening when he was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint. When questioned by police, he was unable to provide a description of his attacker. Experimental data suggest this demonstrates that under conditions of high arousal,

Under what condition would a person be diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder?

Provide an overview of the cognitive perspective on the etiology of somatic symptom disorders.