Exam 5: Somatic Symptom, Dissociative, and Factitious Disorders

The case in your text of the student who presented twice as a participant in a research study of bulimia nervosa provides an example of a person with dissociative fugue.

Derrick has experienced intense pain in his lower back for the last 18 months. Even though an extensive medical evaluation found no physical basis for his complaints, he feels in too much pain to return to work. Derrick is becoming angry and depressed over his doctor's view that his problem is in his head and often spends time visiting emergency rooms for pain medication. Given what you know, what may Derrick be experiencing?

Altered sensory and motor experiences are characteristic of _____ disorder.

Which of the following would be associated with factitious disorder?

What percentage of psychologists employed in a Veteran's Administration hospital accept dissociative disorders as a valid diagnostic grouping?

As in the case of Anna O., the term "conversion disorder" implies a conversion of

Cognitive-behavioral therapy approaches the treatment of dissociative disorders by assuming that

Worry about health may be considered excessive when it results in functional impairment or unnecessary medical procedures.

Outline the challenges to dissociative identity disorder's being accepted by some members of the mental health community as a valid psychological disorder.

A young man was picked up by police after he was found wandering along an interstate highway in a confused state. The man possessed no identifying information and he was unable to say who he was or where he lived. After his photograph appeared on television, a woman from an adjoining state identified the man as her father. What form of dissociative disorder did this man appear to have?

A teenage girl was brought to the emergency room by her mother several times during the summer for severe abdominal pain. After many diagnostic tests returned negative results, the girl was hospitalized for observation. Over several days, the patient's abdominal pain disappeared. However, the night before her discharge, the pain returned. A hospital security camera recorded the mother entering her child's room late that night carrying a bag from the neighborhood pharmacy. Shortly after this visit the girl's symptoms returned. The hospital staff might suspect that

Although rare before adulthood, somatic symptom disorders

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

Tad is being treated for factitious disorder and is currently undergoing relaxation training. He is most likely being seen by a therapist with which of the following orientations?

About _____% of the people diagnosed with conversion disorder are later found to have a diagnosable medical condition.

How are the disorders in the category "Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders" related to each other?

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

According to your text, it is unclear whether dissociative symptoms represent a primary disorder or are the result of another disorder.

Somatic symptom disorder is rare.

Select the statement that is TRUE of the relationship between severe childhood trauma and dissociative identity disorder.