Question 1

Patients with hypochondriasis tend to be quite anxious about their symptoms.

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Hypochondriasis is a mental illness characterized by excessive fear and anxiety about having a serious illness, despite medical reassurance that no such illness exists or that any symptoms experienced are not indicative of a serious condition. Therefore, patients with hypochondriasis tend to be quite anxious about their symptoms.

Question 2

It is proposed that illness anxiety disorder will be distinct from complex somatic symptom disorder for DSM-5.

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The DSM-5 did, in fact, make the distinction between illness anxiety disorder (formerly known as hypochondriasis) and somatic symptom disorder (formerly known as somatization disorder and undifferentiated somatoform disorder). Illness anxiety disorder is characterized by excessive or disproportionate worry about having a serious illness, whereas somatic symptom disorder is characterized by persistent and distressing physical symptoms that may or may not have a clear medical explanation.

Question 3

Identify and describe the major characteristics of four types of dissociative disorders.

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Question 4

List the somatoform disorders and summarize your impression of the current status of this diagnostic category. What are the scientific reasons for keeping this category and the disorders within?

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Question 5

Briefly define malingering and factitious disorders, and distinguish them from somatoform disorders in general.

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Question 6

Though some have argued to eliminate the somatoform disorders category, it appears these syndromes will be kept together for DSM-5, with one of the main reasons being that these patients are typically seen in general medical settings.

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This statement is true. The DSM-5 has kept the somatoform disorders category intact, partly because these patients are commonly seen in general medical settings.

Question 7

What is the defining symptom of dissociative disorders? What were dissociative disorders categorized as in earlier editions of the DSM? What specific dissociative disorder has changed names recently?

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Question 8

Describe five patterns of memory loss characteristic of dissociative amnesia.

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Question 9

List and BRIEFLY discuss the defining features of any 3 somatoform disorders from the DSM-IV.

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Question 10

What are the various personalities in a person with dissociative identity disorder called? How many of these personalities must there be for a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder?

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Quiz 6: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders