Worldwide, the most common forms of somatic symptom disorder symptoms are ____.

1) When an individual is suffering from body dysmorphic disorder the symptoms include:

2) Somatoform disorders include which of the following:

3) Individuals with somatoform disorders may often display a surprising indifference about their symptoms- especially when the symptoms to most people would be disturbing (e.g. blindness, paralysis). This is sometimes known as

4) In order to assume the sick role, Intentionally produced Physical or psychological symptoms are known as?

5) An extreme form of factitious disorder is known as

6) Sometimes parents or carers make up or induce physical illnesses in others (such as their children) and this is known as

7) Which of the following is a basic feature of Conversion Disorder?

8) A Symptom of Conversion Disorder, where numbness begins at the wrist and is experienced evenly across the hand and all fingers, is known as

9) Before conversion disorder was included in the DSM, it popularly known in psychodynamic circles as what?

10) Even though a thorough medical examination fails to identify any underlying medical condition, an individual with Hypochondriasis will have a preoccupation with fears of having or contracting a serious disease or illness based on a misinterpretation of bodily signs or symptoms. This preoccupation can be with which of the following?

11) In Pain Disorder, which of the following are considered as central features?

12) The essential psychodynamic view of somatoform disorders is one of

13) There are many similarities between the behaviour of the individual with conversion disorder or somatization disorder and the effects of which of the following?

14) Sometimes parents view all underlying problems (including psychological ones) as being physical rather than emotional. Consequently many individuals may learn to describe emotional symptoms in physical terms and in extreme cases begin to adopt which of the following?

15) In somatoform disorders the sufferer sometimes believes they have physical deficits or symptoms that are significant and threatening. However, in most cases there is little or no medical justification for these beliefs. Such cognitive biases are termed:

16) Individuals with hypochondriasis are inclined to actively seek out and accept information which confirms their own view of their medical state, but they ignore or reject arguments against their own beliefs. This is known as :

17) Sufferers of pain disorder usually fear pain itself rather than the illness, injury or disease that might give rise to pain, and so when experiencing pain they have a tendency to catastrophise it. This results in which of the following?

18) Information biases acquired by those with somatoform disorders are developed by a range of experiences, and these representations provide inappropriate templates by which information is selected and interpreted. These are known as:

19) Which form of treatment for somatoform disorders has been found to be significantly more effective than no treatment control conditions:

20) Sometimes Behavioural methods can be used to prevent and extinguish undesirable behaviours associated with somatoform disorders. These include which of the following?

21) For pain disorder, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for pain would normally include which of the following?

22) Individuals with body dysmorphic disorder often exhibit rapid improvement in symptoms when treated with which types of drugs?

23) Cognitive and information processing biases are common features of somatoform disorders. Which of the following are considered to be these types of biases?

24) Which of the following procedures involves injecting radioactive molecules into the bloodstream:

25) According to a study, the observed mothers playing with medically related toys with their 4-8 year-old children. who exhibited somatization symptoms were:

26) Which of the following is not a disadvantage of adopting a sick role ?

27) Which of the following is not a common motor symptom in Conversion Disorder?

28) According to research by Rief, Buhlmann, Wilhelm, Borkenhagen et al. (2006).what percentage of individuals with body dysmorphic disorder reported suicidal ideation?

29) The prevalence rate for hypochondriasis in the general population is estimated to be

30) Body dysmorphic disorder can also occur in those who are preoccupied with their musculature, and it is often associated with excessive weight training and the use of body-building anabolic steroids (Olivardia, Pope & Hudson, 2000). Such an obsession is known as

0 out of 1 pointsWhich form of dissociative amnesia involves the inability to remember only certain details of anincident and is quite commonly claimed by individuals charged with homicide?

Question 21 out of 1 pointsAccording to the sociocognitive model (SCM) of dissociative identity disorder (DID), the disorderdevelops ____.

by learning about from the mass media

Question 31 out of 1 pointsTeicher and colleagues (2002) studied the chronic activation of stress responses due to childhoodtrauma. The researchers found ____.

Question 40 out of 1 points

How effectively do two influential models of dissociative disorders explain who develops thesedisorders?

The posttraumatic model (PTM) and the sociocognitive model (SCM) both give clear and usefulexplanations.

Question 51 out of 1 pointsAccording to psychodynamically-oriented thinkers, traumatic events alone do not produce multiplepersonalities. There must also be a ____.

Worldwide, the most common forms of somatic symptom disorder symptoms are ____.

Question 61 out of 1 pointsA psychologist discusses a patient with illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) this way: "Shefocuses on her health so that she can be protected from the anxiety her underlying conflicts cause. Then,when she is shown attention and sympathy, her dependency needs are met." This psychologist ____.

Question 71 out of 1 pointsHarvey is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. His mother severely abused him from the timehe was six years old. The first of his personalities developed around seven. According to hispsychoanalyst, the development of separate personalities served the purpose of ____.

taking the pain of the abuse so that his core personality would survive

Question 80 out of 1 pointsWanda fakes debilitating pain in hopes of receiving a large monetary award from an insurancecompany. Roberta experiences fever and pain because she has injected herself with bacteria. Wanda'sbehavior illustrates ____; Roberta's behavior illustrates ____.

Which of the following is the most common somatic symptom in adults?

Pain is the most common symptom, but whatever your symptoms, you have excessive thoughts, feelings or behaviors related to those symptoms, which cause significant problems, make it difficult to function and sometimes can be disabling.

What are some somatic symptom disorders?

Somatic symptom disorder is diagnosed when a person has a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as pain, weakness or shortness of breath, to a level that results in major distress and/or problems functioning. The individual has excessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors relating to the physical symptoms.

How common is somatic symptom disorder?

The prevalence of somatic symptom disorder in the general population is an estimated 5% to 7%,3 making this one of the most common categories of patient concerns in the primary care setting. An estimated 20% to 25% of patients who present with acute somatic symptoms go on to develop a chronic somatic illness.

What are the 5 somatic disorders?

They include somatization disorder, undifferentiated somatoform disorder, hypochondriasis, conversion disorder, pain disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and somatoform disorder not otherwise specified. These disorders often cause significant emotional distress for patients and are a challenge to family physicians.