Question 1

The dissociative disorders have a high degree of comorbidity

Accepted Answer

A)  with physical complaints that clearly don't have a medical cause. 
B)  with types of delirium, dementias and amnestic disorders. 
C)  with anxiety, mood and personality disorders. 
D)  in terms of severe maladaptive disruptions or alternations of identity, memory and consciousness that are experienced as being beyond one's control. 
E)  in terms of physical sympotms suggestive of medical illness, but no organic basis can be found to account for them.

Question 2

An important distinction within the category hypochondriasis - one that will be recognized by DSM-5 - appears to be

Accepted Answer

A)  those with physical symptoms (80%) vs. those without (20%). 
B)  those with physical symptoms (20%) vs. those without (80%). 
C)  those with derealization symptoms (80%) vs. those without (20%). 
D)  those with derealization symptoms (80%) vs. those without (20%). 
E)  those with conversion symptoms (80%) vs. those without (20%).

Question 3

Medication is generally not useful in the direct treatment of DID.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The dissociative and some of the somatoform disorders were viewed by Plato as expressions of __________, which denoted a symptom pattern of emotional excitability and physical symptoms without medical cause, and which was felt to be caused by a _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  neurosis ; suppression of psychic stress 
B)  neurosis ; repression of traumatic memories 
C)  brain degeneration ; an over-excitable brain and nervous system 
D)  hysteria; repression of traumatic memories 
E)  hysteria; wandering uterus

Question 5

In the middle ages, supernatural beliefs of Plato were soon replaced by more scientific accounts of mental disorders, including the syndromes we recognize as dissociative and somatoform disorders.

Accepted Answer

A)  True 
B)  False

Question 6

"Glove anesthesia" refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  loss of sensation in the hands when wearing gloves. 
B)  loss of sensation in the extremities. 
C)  loss of sensation in the part of the hands which would be covered by gloves. 
D)  an inability to remember where one has left one's gloves and keys. 
E)  an extreme fear of wearing gloves.

Question 7

Compared with panic disorder suffers, those with hypochondriasis are more likely to be

Accepted Answer

A)  be equally concerned with both the immediate and long-term implications of their symptoms. 
B)  suffering from agoraphobia. 
C)  concerned about the immediate effects of an illness. 
D)  concerned with the possibility of heart disease. 
E)  concerned about long-term implications of their symptoms.

Question 8

A disorder in which people are induced by therapists to remember events that have never occurred is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  iatrogenic memory syndrome. 
B)  trauma-repression syndrome. 
C)  creative recall syndrome. 
D)  false memory syndrome. 
E)  distorted memory syndrome.

Question 9

Heather has suddenly left here home and has lost all memory of herself and her past life. She is most likely suffering from

Accepted Answer

A)  repression. 
B)  depersonalization. 
C)  dissociative amnesia. 
D)  dissociative fugue. 
E)  dissociative identity disorder.

Question 10

List the somatoform disorders and summarize your impression of the current status of this diagnostic category. What are the scientific reasons for keeping this category and the disorders within?

Accepted Answer

The answer of List the somatoform disorders and summarize your...

Question 11

Merskey has argued that dissociative identity disorder is created by the power of suggestion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The defining symptom of the dissociative disorders is the disruption of mental processes involved in memory or consciousness that are normally integrated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following pairs does NOT match?

Accepted Answer

A)  conversion disorder: involuntary motor or sensory symptoms 
B)  somatization disorder: multiple symptoms, including pain, gastrointestinal problems, sexual problems, and psycho-neurological problems 
C)  body dysmorphic disorder: severe preoccupation with defect in appearance of a particular part of the body 
D)  pain disorder : pain without known physical cause 
E)  hypochondriasis : multiple symptoms, including pain, gastrointestinal problems, sexual problems, and psycho-neurological problems

Question 14

In the proposed revision of DSM-5, the somatoform disorders will

Accepted Answer

A)  remain unchanged. 
B)  be renamed as the somatic symptom disorders. 
C)  will be grouped together with the delerium, dementia and amnestic disorders. 
D)  will be re-grouped together with the dissociative disorders. 
E)  will have their criteria revised to require ruling out symptoms being secondary to a medical condition.

Question 15

According to Merskey, cases of dissociative identity disorder

Accepted Answer

A)  represent a legitimate psychiatric disorder. 
B)  are most frequently found in individuals with criminal inclinations. 
C)  may be iatrogenic conditions unintentionally caused by practitioners. 
D)  are frequently cases of individuals faking or malingering their illnesses. 
E)  are more common outside of North America.

Question 16

Patients with hypochondriasis tend to be quite anxious about their symptoms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The separate personalities in a person suffering from dissociative identity disorder are often referred to as "alters."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is true of the treatment and prognosis of dissociative identity disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  There have been few attempts to evaluate the success of the treatments. 
B)  There is considerable evidence that individuals get better without professional help. 
C)  There is general consensus among experts regarding a specific series of steps that are followed. 
D)  In general, the prognosis is optimistic. 
E)  Medication has been found to be useful in treating the disorder.

Question 19

In somatization disorder, patients usually attribute their symptoms to

Accepted Answer

A)  feelings of derealization. 
B)  psychological problems. 
C)  an insecure attachment with their parents as children. 
D)  depression. 
E)  medical problems.

Question 20

There is no evidence that people with dissociative disorders score higher on measures of hypnotizability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

The dissociative disorders have a high degree of comorbidity

An important distinction within the category hypochondriasis - one that will be recognized by DSM-5 - appears to be

Medication is generally not useful in the direct treatment of DID.

The dissociative and some of the somatoform disorders were viewed by Plato as expressions of , which denoted a symptom pattern of emotional excitability and physical symptoms without medical cause, and which was felt to be caused by a _____.

In the middle ages, supernatural beliefs of Plato were soon replaced by more scientific accounts of mental disorders, including the syndromes we recognize as dissociative and somatoform disorders.

"Glove anesthesia" refers to

Compared with panic disorder suffers, those with hypochondriasis are more likely to be

A disorder in which people are induced by therapists to remember events that have never occurred is referred to as

Heather has suddenly left here home and has lost all memory of herself and her past life. She is most likely suffering from

List the somatoform disorders and summarize your impression of the current status of this diagnostic category. What are the scientific reasons for keeping this category and the disorders within?

Merskey has argued that dissociative identity disorder is created by the power of suggestion.

The defining symptom of the dissociative disorders is the disruption of mental processes involved in memory or consciousness that are normally integrated.

Which of the following pairs does NOT match?

In the proposed revision of DSM-5, the somatoform disorders will

According to Merskey, cases of dissociative identity disorder

Patients with hypochondriasis tend to be quite anxious about their symptoms.

The separate personalities in a person suffering from dissociative identity disorder are often referred to as "alters."

Which of the following is true of the treatment and prognosis of dissociative identity disorder?

In somatization disorder, patients usually attribute their symptoms to

There is no evidence that people with dissociative disorders score higher on measures of hypnotizability.