Exam 7: Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

How was depersonalization/derealization disorder changed in DSM-5?

In two Canadian cases of Munchausen's syndrome, nurses:

Hypochondriasis is a somatoform disorder in DSM-5.

In the case of Anna O., her conversion symptoms involved her:

The course of depersonalization/derealization disorder is typically such that it:

Penelope has been having unexplained diarrhea for almost a year. She worries constantly that she will need to use a toilet when she is out of her home and has become very anxious about leaving the house. She spends several hours a week visiting Dr. Google to try to determine whether her diarrhea is indicative of something else. The best DSM-5 diagnosis for her would be:

What is the proposed etiology of conversion disorder? Compare the psychoanalytic and behavioural paradigms of the etiology.

Group outbreaks of symptoms of conversion disorder, sometimes called "mass hysteria," are thought to be due to:

Bradford reports the following unusual experiences: He finds used tea bags in the waste basket, although he does not like tea and lives alone; he discovered several suits in his closet that he had no memory of buying and did not like; he has had people greet him warmly whom he has never met before. What DSM-5 diagnosis would best fit Bradford's symptoms?

________ was the term used originally to describe what is known today as conversion disorder.

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. She would most likely be diagnosed with:

Examples of risk factors included in the Biopsychosocial Model of Conversion Disorder (Stonnington et al., 2006)are:

Rates of dissociative identity disorder have tended to fluctuate over the years.

Memory loss from a brain disorders or substance abuse is different from dissociative amnesia, in that the loss of memory in dissociative amnesia:

Research by Goodman et al. (2003)has qualified earlier research on the forgetting of childhood sexual abuse by showing that:

What is factitious disorder? What are two similar disorders? How are they distinguished from each other?

Who is most likely to meet diagnostic criteria for conversion disorder?

Which of the following is sometimes used as a synonym for somatization disorder?

Which of the following is NOT a factor of the Illness Attitudes Scale?

In DSM-5, dissociative fugue is classified as: