PSY 333 chapter 8

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Somatic symptom disorders all involve

physical symptoms.

Antidepressants have been found to reduce pain in clients with somatic symptom disorders even when

the dosage is too low to alleviate the associated depression.

Once a somatic symptom develops, the cognitive variable that appears important is

both attention and interpretation are important.

The psychodynamic perspective on conversion disorder was revised in light of experimental findings with hysterically blind people who

can respond to visual information.

The onset of dissociative identity disorder is generally believed to begin during __________ and is found most often in people with __________ history of abuse.

childhood; a severe

DID usually begins in __________ but is rarely diagnosed until __________.

childhood; adulthood

Which of the following is a potential symptom of conversion disorder?

paralysis in the hand

Which of the following best illustrates illness anxiety disorder?

A persistent unsubstantiated fear of having cancer.

Miguel experienced a sudden, inexplicable blindness. Tests have shown no physical basis for his symptoms. The most likely diagnosis is

Conversion Disorder

The DSM-5 includes all of the following dissociative disorders except:

Dissociative Disintegrative Disorder

Which of these dissociative disorders is no longer a distinct diagnosis in the DSM-5?

Dissociative Fugue

Which of the following is most similar to somatic symptom disorder?

Illness anxiety disorder

The main feature of illness anxiety disorder is

a preoccupation with fears of having a serious disease.

Dissociative amnesia may be BEST distinguished from brain injury by

additional cognitive deficits in brain injury.

The most commonly diagnosed comorbid disorders with dissociative identity disorder are

anxiety and depression

Dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia

are two entirely different disorders

The post-traumatic model of DID

assumes that DID begins in childhood as a result of severe abuse.

Dissociative identity disorder must involve

at least two distinct personalities.

The goal of treatment of dissociative disorders should be to

convince the person that splitting into different personalities is no longer necessary to deal with traumas.

Since watching his mother get hit and killed by a car two years ago, Chris has felt as if he has been watching himself from outside of his body and thinks that voices sound strange. He is probably suffering from

depersonalization/derealization disorder.

The DSM-5 includes all of the following dissociative disorders EXCEPT:

dissociative anxiety disorder.

Donna was brutally assaulted outside the local 7-Eleven. Although she cannot recall the details of the assault, she becomes terrified when she drives past the 7-Eleven. This is an example of a situation in which a person

has no explicit memory, but has an implicit memory.

Controlled trials of psychological treatment for conversion disorder

have not yet been conducted.

Most people with dissociative identity disorder exhibit high __________ and experienced a history of __________.

hypnotic susceptibility; child abuse

According to the DSM-5, unwarranted fears about a serious illness despite absence of any significant somatic symptoms are called

illness anxiety disorder.

Conversion disorder is NOT a likely diagnosis for someone experiencing an inexplicable loss of

memory.

A behavioral reinforcer for someone with somatic symptom disorder would be

receiving attention and sympathy.

The treatment of somatic symptom disorders is relatively primitive because

sufferers rarely seek mental health treatment.

One major theory of the etiology of dissociative identity disorder is that it results from

suggestion by therapists or media influences.

One type of behavioral treatment for somatic symptom disorders seeks to

teach more appropriate techniques for interacting with others.

Conversion disorder occupies a central place in psychodynamic theory because it provides a clear example of the role of

the unconscious.

DSM-5 symptoms of conversion disorder include all of the following EXCEPT:

three or more neurologic symptoms affecting voluntary motor function.

All of the following have been cited as reasons for changes in the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder over the years EXCEPT:

toxins in the water and air

Somatic symptom-related disorders and dissociative disorders are similar in that both

typically begin after a stressful experience.

In the case of Anna O., her conversion disorder symptoms appeared

while sitting at the bedside of her seriously ill father.

Neurobiologists focus on

why some people are hypersensitive to bodily sensations.


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