Alyssa Elligson
Quiz by , created more than 1 year ago

Psychology

14
1
0
Alyssa Elligson
Created by Alyssa Elligson about 7 years ago
Close

PS 280- (5) Somatic Symptoms & Dissociative Disorder

Question 1 of 18

1

Dissociative Disorders are:

Select one or more of the following:

  • characterized by severe disturbances of identity, memory & consciousness

  • psychological trauma & emotional distress are commonly viewed as casual factors

  • something dissociative

  • distracting brain

Explanation

Question 2 of 18

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Dissociative ( Identity, somatic, indentification ) Disorder (DID): DSM-5:
-at least ( 2, 3, 5, 4, 1 ) distinct personalities exist within the person
-2 or mot of these personalities repeatedly take control of individuals behaviour

-failure to recall important personal information too substantial to be accounted for forgetness
-not due to psychoactive substance or general medical condition

Explanation

Question 3 of 18

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

vs :
-host need not be aware of alters

-each personality (alter) may be distinct & have different behaviours
-Average # of alters = (some cases 100+)
-transition from one alter to another is called a ; trigger = stress (cue from environment)

Explanation

Question 4 of 18

1

Symptoms of DID:
-Another person existing inside-
-Voices talking-
-Amnesia for childhood-
-Referring to self as "we" or "us"-
-Blank spells- 68%
-being told of unremembered events- 63%
-feelings of unreality- 57%
-strangers know the patient- 44%
-noticing that objects are missing- 42%
-coming out of a blank spell in a strange place- 36%
-objects are present that cannot be accounted for- 31%
-different handwriting styles - 28%

Drag and drop to complete the text.

    90%
    80%
    70%
    87%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    82%
    74%
    75%
    73%

Explanation

Question 5 of 18

1

Etiology (causation) of DID:

Select one or more of the following:

  • vast majority result of intense psychological trauma: DID= way of coping

  • Dissociative vulnerability- genetic component (some evidence runs in families)

  • often multiple diagnoses- difficult to treat

  • born with it

Explanation

Question 6 of 18

1

Dissociative Amnesia is the inability to recall important personal information

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 18

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Dissociative Amnesia:
-real & complete memory loss- in the absence of ( physical, mental, emotional ) or medical cause
-often only ( personal, important, group ) info lost
-( Sudden, planned, recurring ) onset, usually in response to traumatic or stressful experience
-different from (VS) real brain injury & amnesia

Explanation

Question 8 of 18

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Types of Dissociative Amnesia:
1. Amnesia: fail to remember info during a specific time period (most common)
2. Amnesia: only parts of the trauma are recalled
3. Amnesia: forget info from a specific date until present time
4. Amnesia: only certain categories of info are forgotten
5. Amnesia: forget entire life

Explanation

Question 9 of 18

1

Dissociative Amnesia with or without (specifier) Dissociative Fugue:

Select one or more of the following:

  • sudden, unexpected flight from home, inability to remember past and who one is

  • brief in duration (few days, few weeks)

  • typically sudden onset (response to trauma/stress)

  • often no memory of what occurred during fugue state

  • behaviour during fugue state isn't unusual (although little to no contact with others)

Explanation

Question 10 of 18

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

De( personalization, realization, personalized ) Disorder: feeling of being detached from oneself

De( realization, Personalization, reality ) Disorder: feeling of being detached from one's surroundings

Explanation

Question 11 of 18

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Depersonalization Disorder:
-feel as though one is in a dream, outside of one's body
- onset
-"no impairment in memory or identity confusion"

For diagnosis:
-experiences are persistent or
-marked distress

Etiology:
-note: abuse, trauma, war ( mechanism)

Explanation

Question 12 of 18

1

Psychodynamic Theory:

Select one or more of the following:

  • massive use of repression

  • dissociative amnesia & fugue: repression to reduce anxiety

  • dissociative identity disorder: express unacceptable urges via alters

  • is psychoanalytic response

Explanation

Question 13 of 18

1

Learning & Cognitive Theories:

Select one of the following:

  • dissociation= learned response that involves not thinking about disturbing acts or thoughts; negative reinforcement (reduces anxiety)

  • is about learning theories

  • involves CBT

Explanation

Question 14 of 18

1

Diathesis-Stress Model:

Select one or more of the following:

  • proneness to fantasize, highly hypnotizable= diathesis

  • abuse, trauma, warfare- stress

  • attempts to explain a disorder as the result of an interaction between a predispositional vulnerability and a stress caused by life experiences

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 15 of 18

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Treatment:
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
-difficult to treat

treatment involves:
-: safely relive traumatic experiences & make them conscious
-: e.g. anti-anxiety & anti-depressants

Depersonalization Disorder:
treatment involves:
-medications: s- deal with anxiety & depression

Explanation

Question 16 of 18

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

(1&2 important)
1. ( Somatic, Autonic, Automatic ) Symptom Disorder:
characterized by: distress about having physical symptoms for which there is ( no, is, is many ) physical cause
-high levels of anxiety about health or symptoms
-feeling this way for ( >6, <6, equal ) months

2. ( Illness, disease, personalized disease ) Anxiety Disorder:
-excessive concern about serious illness
-longstanding (( 6+, -6, 7 or more )months) fears of having a serious illness, despite assurance that these fears are groundless
-misinterprets ( minor, major, no ) bodily symptoms as evidence of a serious disease

Explanation

Question 17 of 18

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

3. ( Conversion, connection, communication ) Disorder:
-loss or impairment of physical function but ( no, a lot, significant ) physical cause: formerly hysteria
-motor or sensory functioning

symptoms are usually fascinating:
-motor deficits
-conversion stocking or glove anesthesia
Note- symptoms often ( do not, do ) match the medical conditions they suggest

4. ( Factitious, facts, forming conclusion ) Disorder:
distinguished from:
( Malingering, lingering, malnutrition ): purposefully adopts the sick role and complains of symptoms to achieve a particular end (e.g. getting out of a midterm)

Factitious Disorder: psychological disorder characterized by the intentional fabrication of or physical symptoms for no apparent gain
*Most common form= ( munchausen, memory, memory loss ) Syndrome

Explanation

Question 18 of 18

1

of Factitious Disorder:
Theory:
-emotions converted into physical symptoms
-symptoms may be functional (e.g. paralysis of arm)

Theories:
-reinforcing properties of the sick role
-relief of responsibility
-attention, empathy

Mechanisms (re attention to somatic events):
-interpretation of the meaning & significance of these events (e.g. catastrophizing)
-uncontrollable preoccupation with somatic experiences

Experiences:
-personal experience with personal illness
-socialization & prior experience with illness


behavioural approach: reward attempts to assume responsibility & remove sources of reinforcement (stress management)

Cognitive Restructuring: avoid catastrophizing
Antidepressants: SSRIs for hypochondrias

Drag and drop to complete the text.

    Etiology
    beginning
    Psychodynamic
    psychological
    psychoanalytic
    Learning
    behavioural
    experiences
    Cognitive
    Controlling
    Formative
    Treatment:

Explanation

Previous
Next