Question 1

What mechanisms might lead a patient to develop dissociative identity disorder as an iatrogenic response?

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Question 2

People with factitious disorders do not use deceptive practices to produce signs of illness.

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People with factitious disorder actually do use deceptive practices to produce signs of illness, even though they may deny it or be unaware of it.

Question 3

Dissociative identity disorder is controversial from a diagnostic perspective, and it is associated with False memory syndrome or recovered memories. Explain these two controversies and causes of concern for the general mental health population.

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Question 4

How are factitious disorders different from somatic symptom and dissociative disorders?

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Question 5

Controlled clinical trials suggest that trauma plays only a limited role in the etiology of dissociative symptoms.

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Question 6

How are the disorders in the category "Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders" related to each other?

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Question 7

Outline the challenges to dissociative identity disorder's being accepted by some members of the mental health community as a valid psychological disorder.

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Question 8

What contributions do biological factors play in the etiology of dissociative identity disorders?

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Question 9

Describe the five types of dissociative experiences outlined in your text.

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Question 10

In Examining the Evidence, the authors conclude that research evidence on dissociative identity disorder tells us that iatrogenesis and sociocultural explanations for DID cannot be discounted.

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The authors do conclude in Examining the Evidence that iatrogenesis and sociocultural explanations for DID cannot be discounted based on research evidence.

Question 11

Factitious disorders involve patients complaining of physical symptoms that are unintentionally produced.

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Factitious disorders involve patients intentionally producing or feigning physical symptoms.

Question 12

An iatrogenic disease is one that has a fairly well-established genetic basis.

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An iatrogenic disease is a disease that is caused by medical treatment or procedures, not genetics.

Question 13

Review the legal implications surrounding factitious disorder imposed on another.

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Question 14

How might a dysfunctional mind-set contribute to illness anxiety disorder?

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Question 15

Factitious disorder is most common in children.

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Factitious disorder is actually most common in adults, although it can occur in children as well.

Question 16

There are sufficient epidemiological data to indicate that factitious disorders are fairly common within the general population.

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Factitious disorders are considered rare, with limited epidemiological data available, making it difficult to assert their commonality within the general population.

Question 17

Provide an overview of the cognitive perspective on the etiology of somatic symptom disorders.

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Question 18

List and provide brief descriptions of any four of the six somatic symptom disorders discussed in your text.

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Question 19

Factitious disorder imposed on another is characterized by one person's intentionally inducing illness symptoms in another.

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Factitious disorder imposed on another, also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, is a rare form of abuse where one person intentionally causes or fabricates symptoms of illness in another, often to gain attention or sympathy themselves.

Quiz 5: Somatic Symptom, Dissociative, and Factitious Disorders