Exam 5: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Psychogenic amnesia is the original name for what is now called ________.

People cannot be diagnosed with both Illness Anxiety Disorder and somatic symptom disorders.

Conversion disorder was formerly called ________.

Describe one culture-bound syndrome.

If you completed the Dissociative Experience Scale and found that you experienced any of the situations described,you would likely be diagnosed as having mild dissociative disorder.

A soldier experiences sudden paralysis of his hand that prevents him from firing his rifle in battle.Instead of having to face enemy fire,he is sent to a field hospital to recover.Since he is not "faking," he is not perceived negatively by fellow soldiers,but instead is cared for and given sympathy by the hospital staff.According to psychodynamic theory,the soldier has achieved ________ gains by avoiding battle and getting treatment.

Dissociative amnesia and fugue are usually transient and disappear abruptly.

Conversion disorders seem to have been ________ in Freud's day.They are ________ today.

Very few of us have episodes of feeling detached from our bodies or thought processes.

Describe the chief features of the dissociative disorders.

Amok shares common features with the Western concept of ________ disorder.

________ may be seen as a form of compulsive behaviour,perhaps even a form of "addiction" to hospitals,in which people crave opportunities to perform the sick role.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?