Exam 6: Dissociative Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, and Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Health

There are many meditation methods, but they share the common thread of ______ one's attention by focusing on ______ stimuli.

The incidence of coronary heart disease and deaths from heart disease has been ______during the past 50 years.

Recent research has found that ______ can be used to treat hypochondriasis and factitious disorder. .

The text cites a case example of Burt, a man who unknowingly moved 2,000 miles away from his wife and family and established a new life in a new city. He was suffering from a Dissociative fugue state. The life factor in Burt's history that apparently led to his symptoms Was ______.

The only dissociative disorder in which anxiety is present and there is no disturbance of memory is ______.

Two therapies that have been particularly helpful assisting individuals adapt to living with AIDS and its psychological symptoms are coping skills therapy and _________therapy. .

Millie feels as if she is a robot, watching herself from outside her body as she begins kissing her new boyfriend. This feeling of being in a dream or operating on "automatic pilot" happens To her whenever she begins to get emotionally aroused. She appears to be suffering from ______.

Mitch has hypochondriasis. As such, he is most likely to also suffer from which of the following psychological disorders?

Jacobson's progressive relaxation technique was adapted by ______ therapists.

Most instances of dissociative amnesia are selective amnesia.

African Americans have the lowest rate of death due to coronary heart disease.

From the learning perspective, somatic symptom and related disorders serve mainly to ______.

Which important figure in the history of psychoanalysis was known for treating hysteria with hypnosis?

The presence of individuals claiming to have dissociative identity disorder has been observed to spread ______.

Asthma and headaches have traditionally been labeled ______ disorders.

Dissociative fugue can be difficult to distinguish from ______.

Which of the following is a diagnosable somatic symptom and related disorder?

Conversion disorder is called_______in the DSM-5.

Biofeedback has relieved the pain of migraine headaches by ______.

Experienced clinicians can reasonably determine whether or not people are faking amnesia for their misdeeds.