Exam 6: Disorders of Trauma and Stress

Quinn has forgotten who he is. He has fled to a different location from the one in which he has been living and is wandering around aimlessly. After a few hours, he "comes to" and discovers his strange surroundings. Unable to recall how he got there or what he has been doing, Quinn appears to be suffering from _____.

One distinction that DSM-5 makes between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder is based on:

Posttraumatic stress disorders:

When a person feels that the external world is removed, mechanical, distorted, or even dead, he or she is experiencing:

In the MOST common type of dissociative amnesia, a person loses memory for:

One of the subpersonalities of a person receiving treatment for dissociative identity disorder has just become a "protector." How far along in therapy has the person probably progressed?

What do acute and posttraumatic stress disorder have in common with dissociative disorders?

Those who are MOST likely to experience a psychological stress disorder are:

Some people are stimulated by exciting, potentially dangerous activities that terrify others. These varying reactions represent differences in:

The ultimate goal of treatment for people with dissociative identity disorder is:

According to research, which person would be most likely NOT to develop a stress disorder following trauma?

A client who is talking calmly and rationally all of a sudden begins whining and complaining like a spoiled child. If that client suffers from true dissociative identity disorder, the client just experienced:

Those MOST likely to experience substantial stress symptoms after the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001:

After Marie's plane crashed, her mother came to stay. Her friends visited often and went to lunch and dinner with her occasionally. This situation probably contributed to Marie's coping ability after the accident. How does this relate as a factor in her response to stress?

Someone who is experiencing "doubling" is:

I was running down a familiar country lane when all of a sudden nothing looked familiar. It took me several seconds to realize where I was, and I continued my run without incident. What I experienced was:

Dissociative amnesia characterized by forgetting, for a limited period of time, some but not all events both preceding and following a traumatic episode is called _____ amnesia.

Someone you know has just been diagnosed with an adjustment disorder. You can be reasonably sure that this person's disorder is:

Ever since the auto accident, during which he was miraculously unhurt, Paul has not been the same. He forgets appointments, friends' names, and even things done in the last few days. His amnesia is termed:

The chief sources of data used to support the theories of psychodynamic and behavioral clinicians are: