Exam 5: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Psychoanalysis helps people deal with dissociative identity disorder by ________.

The fugue state is considered psychotic because people with the disorder are unable to think or behave normally.

Sandy was recently involved in a horrifying car accident.She was lucky to emerge from the accident with only minor physical injuries.However,she can't remember anything that happened from about two hours before the accident until she woke up in hospital the next day.She is suffering from ________ amnesia.

André shows no signs of overt anxiety,but says he can no longer remember who he is.He claims he cannot recognize any of his close family members,even though there is nothing medically wrong with him.André is suffering from a(n)________ disorder.

Distinguish the Dissociative and Somatic Symptom Disorders from the anxiety disorders in terms of the theorized role of anxiety.

Each of the following statements is true of the psychodynamic perspective on dissociative disorders EXCEPT ________.

Depersonalization/Derealization can motivate anxiety and avoidance behaviour.

The majority of children who report having been subjected to severe abuse in childhood develop some type of dissociative disorder.

Dissociative fugue is one of the most common dissociative disorders.

Dissociative amnesia and fugue are usually ________.

In order to be diagnosed as having Illness Anxiety Disorder,the symptoms must persist for at least ________ months.

Multiple personality disorder appears to be culture-bound and largely restricted to South America.

According to Spanos,multiple personality is not a distinct disorder,but a form of ______ where individuals first come to construe themselves as having multiple selves and then begin to act in ways that are consistent with their conception of the disorder.

Generalized amnesia is the most common form of dissociative amnesia.

Dissociative amnesia can persist for years.

In dissociative identity disorder,themes of sexual ambivalence and ambiguity are common.

Factitious disorders are adaptive.

Most types of dissociative amnesia involve ________.

Years ago,Monique had a very "messy" extramarital affair.While she still remembers the affair,when thoughtless people bring it up in conversation,she claims to have no memory of the affair or of the person with whom she had it.Monique's pretending to have amnesia is a form of ________.

The number of reported cases of dissociative identity disorder has __________ over time.