Exam 6: Somatoform And Dissociative Disorders

With regard to body image,people with body dysmorphic disorder

A blind person is referred to a clinician by an optometrist,who can find no physical evidence for the blindness.The clinician asks the patient to perform a series of visual tasks.Following the assessment,the clinician concludes that her patient is suffering from a conversion disorder.What observation would lead to this conclusion?

Jenna,a recently married young woman,described episodes of "spacing out." During these episodes,she feels as if she is observing herself from outside of her body.Her experiences seem "dream-like" and she reports feeling completely separated from what is going on around her.It is likely that Jenna is experiencing

Discuss the controversy surrounding false memories.

The disorder that involves physical malfunctioning without any physical cause is called __________.

Dissociative identity disorder is most commonly found in ______________.

George has completely lost his sight during the past year,but medical experts can find no physical reason for his blindness.This could be an example of _______________.

Hippocrates and the Egyptians before him thought that hysterical disorders were the result of a _________.

In the "Abnormal Psychology Live" presentation of Doug who has suffered with body dysmorphic disorder,he attributes all of the following to his disorder EXCEPT

Describe the factors that contribute to anxiety,focusing on physical sensations and illness in hypochondriasis.

The term hysteria has historically linked

The average length of time between an individual's first symptoms of DID and the identification and diagnosis of the disorder by a professional is _____________.

Vanna,who is 40,apparently believes that she is a 20-year-old woman.Suddenly,she starts to speak and behave very differently,and says she no longer thinks of herself as "Vanna." Instead,she claims to be Elise,a 10-year-old child.It is likely that Vanna has just experienced a _____.

The modern view of the causes of conversion disorder is

With regard to the treatment of hypochondriasis,research exploring the use of reassurance in a process called "explanatory therapy" showed that

Which of the following statements is true with regard to the treatment of somatization disorder?

While interviewing 129 women with documented histories of childhood sexual abuse,Willams (1994)found with extensive questioning that

The existence of a cross-gendered alter in dissociative identity disorder is _________.

Samantha,who refrains from taking immediate action to treat a symptom,is most likely to be suffering from ________________.

The percentage of the population diagnosed with somatization disorder is