Exam 5: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

The term ________ is now used to describe what used to be called multiple personality disorder.

Recovered memories of sexual abuse in childhood often occur following ________.

One theory suggests that therapists provided cues about the features of multiple personality,enough for clients to enact the role convincingly.

Some Münchausen patients go through unnecessary surgeries,even though they know there is nothing wrong with them.

Dissociative identity disorder responds well to treatment with phenothiazines.

People who develop Illness Anxiety Disorder have ________ health worries and ________ psychiatric problems than other people.

Each of the following statements is true EXCEPT ________.

In Dimitry's case in the text (the trip to Disney World),Dimitry was suffering from an episode of ________.

Amok is a culture-bound syndrome occurring primarily in ________.

Epilepsy,blindness,paralysis,problems in coordination,and loss of the sense of hearing or smell are all "classic" symptoms of ________.

Describe dissociative identity disorder.

The behavioural approach to treating Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders focuses on ________.

About _______ % of the population develop Illness Anxiety Disorder at some point in their lives

There is considerable evidence of a connection between dissociative identity disorder and ________.

Cultures in which the disorder known as zar is found attribute it mainly to ________.

Each of the following is true of people with Illness Anxiety Disorder EXCEPT ________.

Koro syndrome is found primarily among ________.

Some researchers believe that many cases of __________ are caused by brain injury or trauma.

The Spanos study highlighted the role of ________ in diagnosing dissociative identity disorder.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of conversion disorder?