Exam 9: Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders

A.J. mentions that his entire left arm is paralyzed. Strangely, he appears completely unconcerned by this apparent affliction. A. J.'s lack of reaction to the symptom BEST illustrates ______.

In developing countries and rural communities, individuals with dissociative identity disorder

Dissociation is a common experience.

The most common treatment approach for somatic symptom disorders is BEST described as ______.

It appears that ______ is the most effective treatment at reducing the physical symptoms, psychological distress, and disability associated with the somatic symptom disorders.

Conversion disorders are often comorbid with ______ disorders.

Ghaffar and colleagues completed a brain study with conversion disorder patients and found that

The primary diagnostic feature of dissociative identity disorder is

Supply three other historical or contemporary terms used to refer to conversion disorder. Where relevant, note how the terms are used. Define two of these three terms: (1) glove anesthesia, (2) la belle indifference, and (3) conversion reaction.

Without advance notice, Susan travels from her home in Tampa, Florida, to Omaha, Nebraska. She appears to have no memory of her life or work in Florida and seems unable to recall even the journey to Nebraska. Susan's case BEST illustrates ______.

One indicator of a somatic symptom and related disorder is

Elena visited multiple physicians, claiming that she was suffering from what she believed to be a serious illness. On further examination, one doctor discovered that Elena had been ingesting substances that caused her to exhibit symptoms similar to those characteristic of the illness she claimed to have. Elena's example BEST illustrates ______.

In a study by Ross and colleagues (Ross et al., 1990), about ______ of a community sample of adults reported having had a dissociative experience at some point.

Some researchers believe depersonalization and derealization experiences might be protective because they might

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) was once known as ______.

"I felt like I was watching myself from the outside, like I was a character in a movie." This statement BEST captures the phenomenon of ______.

A disruption in the normal ability to integrate information from both the sensory and psychological processes is known as ______.

Review the evidence suggesting that illness anxiety disorder is better categorized as a somatic symptom disorder than an anxiety disorder.

Almost 1 in 2 adults have experienced symptoms of depersonalization or derealization at some point.

Brain research on conversion disorder has determined that its cause is ______.