Exam 5: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Each of the following is true of people with dissociative identity disorder EXCEPT ________.

Fugue can be difficult to distinguish from ________.

The most rare form of amnesia is __________ amnesia.

Describe various methods for treating dissociative disorders.

Hippocrates prescribed ________ as a cure for conversion hysteria.

Dissociative and conversion disorders used to be grouped in the DSM system under the category of "neurosis."

__________ people with multiple personalities report being physically or sexually abused as children.Most people abused as children do not develop multiple personalities.

People with Illness Anxiety Disorder are consciously faking their symptoms.

Women are ________ times as likely as men to be diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder

In the Kenneth Bianchi case,Ken attempted to divert blame for his actions by claiming to be suffering from ________.

Each of the following is true of dissociative identity disorder EXCEPT ________.

Jomy pretends that he is ill and wants to be hospitalized.He is likely exhibiting ________.

According to psychodynamic theory,dissociative disorders involve the massive use of ________.

Dissociative identity disorder appears to ________.

Feelings experienced by people exhibiting depersonalization/derealization resemble the feelings of __________.

A culture-bound disorder in which people have episodes of unusual behaviour ranging from shouting to banging their heads against a wall is known as ________.

Münchausen syndrome refers to ________.

Somatic Symptom Disorder usually begins in childhood and appears to be a lifelong disorder involving major disability.

Münchausen syndrome is an example of a(n)________ disorder.

Each of the following is a diagnostic feature of conversion disorder EXCEPT ________.