Exam 7: Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

In a representative sample of 1,055 adults living in Winnipeg, Ross and colleagues found that approximately _________ of respondents had pathological dissociative experiences.

Charbonneau and O'Connor's (1999)study on the depersonalization experiences of Montreal residents found that subjects commonly felt all of the following except:

________ claims to have been a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy during childhood.

The Biopsychosocial Model of Conversion Disorder proposed by Stonnington et al. (2006)integrates two main elements. What are they?

Experiencing childhood abuse is a necessary criteria for developing dissociative identity disorder.

Seltzer's (1983)case report of dissociation and spirit possession demonstrated that the expression of dissociative amnesia:

Which of the following statements about Salkovskis and Warwick's cognitive model of anxiety is not true?

Patients with somatization disorder have been found to have heightened levels of __________ .

Canadian writer George Fraser's (1994)reports on cases of "hysterical blindness" in military men demonstrate:

One theory explaining dissociative identity disorder (DID)states that people with DID have the risk factor of high __________ along with a history of _______________.

One theory about the etiology of DID considers it to be learned social role enactment. All of the following beliefs are consistent with this theory EXCEPT:

Key factors associated with everyday dissociation include all of the following EXCEPT:

Which theory has dominated the study of somatoform disorders?

Ms. Hall consulted a physician because of the following experience: The week before, she felt that another voice was talking to her, although she tried to ignore it. She then had a period of hours which she was unable to recall, but her boyfriend reported later that during that period she behaved like a completely different person, being loud and boisterous in contrast to her usual shy, sedate personality. She had never had a similar experience and was at a loss to explain it. Ms. Hall's symptoms meet the criteria for:

Lucy complained of paralysis in her leg that made it impossible for her to work or do household chores. When in the emergency room, she appeared unconcerned with her ailment, and discussed it at great length. She even invited people to come and poke her leg to show that she experienced no sensations. Lucy's style of discussing her symptoms is called:

The importance of conversion disorders in psychoanalysis is based upon:

A long-term treatment study on DID patients in Canada and the U.S. indicated that treatment:

The treatment of somatoform disorders is relatively primitive because

The prognosis for dissociative amnesia usually involves a _______________ remission with ________________ recovery.

If the behavioural view of conversion disorder were accurate, then what would be true regarding experimental research on visual perception among the hysterically blind?