Exam 5: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders theoretically involve ________.

There are some cases in which hysteria or conversion disorder was incorrectly diagnosed in people who turned out to have ____________ that went unrecognized and untreated.

Petra is talking with her best friend when she begins to feel anxious and dizzy and fears that she might be "going crazy." Time seems to be passing in slow motion and her friend appears to be the size of a toy baby doll.The feelings and sensations slowly fade as her senses return to normal.Petra has just suffered an episode of ________.

Falsely claiming amnesia as a means of escaping responsibility is ________.

Jemena has forgotten her entire life.She cannot remember who she is,what career she is pursuing,where she lives,or who she lives with.Although she retains all of her habits,tastes,skills,and objective knowledge,she has forgotten all personal information that would reveal her identity.She is suffering from ________ amnesia.

In ________ disorders,people show or complain of physical symptoms suggestive of physical disorders,but no organic abnormalities can be found to account for them.

Freud began his treatment approach,psychoanalysis,with the treatment of ________.

The difference between a factitious disorder and malingering is that ________.

Fugue is believed to affect about 2 people in ________.

Evidence indicates that somatic symptom disorder _______.

Episodes of depersonalization/derealization can be ________.

The essential feature of somatic symptom disorder is ________.

La belle indifferénce is a characteristic symptom of ________.

Freud,Charcot,and Bruer were able to permanently alleviate hysterical symptoms through hypnosis.

A major change or loss of physical functioning that is not faked,even though there are no medical findings to support the physical symptoms or deficits,is called ________.

Recount various theoretical perspectives on the dissociative disorders.

Receiving attention from others and evading accountability for unacceptable behaviours are two possible sources of __________ in dissociative identity disorder

Anna complains of physical problems that date back to her adolescence.She has suffered from seizures,muscle weakness,abdominal pain,diarrhea,menstrual problems,chest pains,and urinary problems.Although she really suffers from these symptoms,her doctors have never been able to find a physical cause.She is most likely suffering from ________.

Cecilia feigns an illness of her son in order to receive medical attention.This practice is referred to as __________.

Explain what factitious disorders are,discuss how they differ from Somatic Symptom Disorders,and describe the features of Münchausen syndrome.