Question 1

Which of the following matches is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

Heather has suddenly left here home and has lost all memory of herself and her past life. She is most likely suffering from

Accepted Answer

Dissociative fugue is a subtype of dissociative amnesia characterized by sudden travel away from home and inability to recall one's past, often accompanied by confusion about personal identity.

Question 3

Leanne experiences the sudden feeling of being detached from herself. The term best suited to describe her experience is

Accepted Answer

The sudden feeling of being detached from oneself is typical of depersonalization. Dissociative identity disorder involves the existence of multiple distinct identities or personalities, while dissociative fugue refers to sudden travel away from home, and dissociative amnesia involves the inability to recall important personal information. Repression refers to the unconscious exclusion of painful memories or thoughts from awareness.

Question 4

Approximately _____ percent of the general population have some type of dissociative disorder whereas _____ percent of psychiatric patients do.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Approximately _____ percent of the general population...

Question 5

Dissociative fugue is a loss of memory with the added dimension of

Accepted Answer

Dissociative fugue involves physical flight or wandering away from one's usual surroundings and identity. This is what differentiates it from other dissociative disorders like dissociative amnesia, which is solely a loss of memory without physical flight. Mania, substance abuse, psychosis, and depression are not defining features of dissociative fugue.

Question 6

The dissociative disorders have a high degree of comorbidity

Accepted Answer

The dissociative disorders are often comorbid with anxiety, mood, and personality disorders. They are not typically associated with physical complaints without a medical cause, types of delirium, dementias, or amnestic disorders, or physical symptoms suggestive of medical illness but without an organic basis. Instead, they are characterized by severe disruptions or alternations of identity, memory, and consciousness that are beyond the individual's control.

Question 7

Depersonalization disorder differs from the other dissociative disorders, in that

Accepted Answer

Depersonalization disorder does not involve symptoms of memory impairment or identity confusion, which are characteristic of other dissociative disorders such as dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.

Question 8

Which of the following matches is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

Depersonalization disorder is characterized by feeling detached from oneself or one's surroundings, not the presence of two or more personalities. Dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder) is the correct term for the presence of two or more personalities.

Question 9

In the proposed revision of DSM-5, dissociative amnesia will

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the proposed revision of DSM-5, dissociative...

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT true of depersonalization disorder?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following is NOT true...

Question 11

In earlier editions of the DSM, dissociative and somatoform disorders were categorized as

Accepted Answer

In earlier editions of the DSM, dissociative and somatoform disorders were categorized as neuroses.

Question 12

In the proposed revision of DSM-5, depersonalization disorder

Accepted Answer

The proposed revision of DSM-5 will rename depersonalization disorder to depersonalization/derealization disorder and require symptoms of either depersonalization, derealization, or both. This reflects a recognition and acknowledgement of the common co-occurrence of these experiences and aims to improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment options.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT among the five patterns of memory loss described in the DSM-IV-TR?

Accepted Answer

The DSM-IV-TR describes five patterns of memory loss: localized, selective, generalized, continuous, and systematized. "Regressive" is not one of the recognized patterns.

Question 14

A disorder in which people are induced by therapists to remember events that have never occurred is referred to as

Accepted Answer

This disorder is commonly referred to as false memory syndrome. It occurs when therapists use suggestive techniques to implant false memories in their patients, often leading to the recall of traumatic events that never happened. This can have serious consequences, as individuals may experience emotional distress and even take legal action based on these false memories.

Question 15

The dissociative and some of the somatoform disorders were viewed by Plato as expressions of __________, which denoted a symptom pattern of emotional excitability and physical symptoms without medical cause, and which was felt to be caused by a _______________.

Accepted Answer

Plato viewed these disorders as expressions of "hysteria," which he believed were caused by a "wandering uterus."

Question 16

At present, dissociative disorders are characterized by

Accepted Answer

Dissociative disorders are characterized by alterations in identity, memory, and consciousness, meaning individuals may feel disconnected from their own thoughts, feelings, and identity. This can manifest in the form of amnesia for personal information, wandering or feeling "out of body," and/or adopting multiple distinct identities. Flat affect, severe brain damage, delusions and hallucinations, and poor concentration are not necessarily characteristic symptoms of dissociative disorders.

Question 17

Feelings of depersonalization are quite common in young adults, and they are only considered pathological when

Accepted Answer

Feelings of depersonalization are only considered pathological when they are persistent and personally distressing.

Question 18

Two forms of amnesia are __________ amnesia, in which an individual forgets his or her entire life history, and __________ amnesia, in which a person can remember nothing following a certain point in time.

Accepted Answer

Generalized amnesia involves forgetting one's entire life history, while continuous amnesia refers to the inability to form new memories after a specific event, making choice E correct.

Question 19

Wendy feels as though she is outside of her body, observing her own behaviour. This experience is a symptom of

Accepted Answer

Wendy's experience of feeling outside of her own body is a symptom of derealization, which is a dissociative symptom characterized by feeling detached from one's surroundings or having a sense of unreality. Dissociative fugue involves sudden and unexpected travel away from one's usual surroundings with inability to recall one's past, whereas dissociative identity disorder (also known as multiple personality disorder) involves the presence of multiple distinct identities or personalities within one person. Dissociative amnesia is characterized by the inability to recall important personal information, and repressed memory refers to the unconscious suppression of traumatic memories. None of these conditions specifically involve the experience of feeling outside of one's own body.

Question 20

In the proposed revision of DSM-5, dissociative fugue

Accepted Answer

Dissociative fugue is included as a subtype of dissociative amnesia in the DSM-5, rather than being a separate disorder as it was in previous editions.

Quiz 6: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Which of the following matches is incorrect?

Heather has suddenly left here home and has lost all memory of herself and her past life. She is most likely suffering from

Leanne experiences the sudden feeling of being detached from herself. The term best suited to describe her experience is

Approximately _ percent of the general population have some type of dissociative disorder whereas _ percent of psychiatric patients do.

Dissociative fugue is a loss of memory with the added dimension of

The dissociative disorders have a high degree of comorbidity

Depersonalization disorder differs from the other dissociative disorders, in that

Which of the following matches is incorrect?

In the proposed revision of DSM-5, dissociative amnesia will

Which of the following is NOT true of depersonalization disorder?

In earlier editions of the DSM, dissociative and somatoform disorders were categorized as

In the proposed revision of DSM-5, depersonalization disorder

Which of the following is NOT among the five patterns of memory loss described in the DSM-IV-TR?

A disorder in which people are induced by therapists to remember events that have never occurred is referred to as

The dissociative and some of the somatoform disorders were viewed by Plato as expressions of , which denoted a symptom pattern of emotional excitability and physical symptoms without medical cause, and which was felt to be caused by a _____.

At present, dissociative disorders are characterized by

Feelings of depersonalization are quite common in young adults, and they are only considered pathological when

Two forms of amnesia are amnesia, in which an individual forgets his or her entire life history, and amnesia, in which a person can remember nothing following a certain point in time.

Wendy feels as though she is outside of her body, observing her own behaviour. This experience is a symptom of

In the proposed revision of DSM-5, dissociative fugue