Chapter 5 vocab/reading

Question 1

somatic symptom disorder

Answer 1

disorder in which an individual experiences intense and excessive distress or anxiety focused on physical symptoms to the point where daily life is disrupted

Question 2

dissociative disorder

Answer 2

disorder in which individuals feel detached from themselves or their surroundings and feel reality, experience, and identity may disintegrate

Question 3

illness anxiety disorder

Answer 3

disorder in which individuals experience anxiety about the possibility of having a serious disease or illness even though physical symptoms are mild or nonexistent

Question 4

conversion disorder (now called Functional Neurological ..)

Answer 4

physical malfunctioning, such as blindness or paralysis, suggesting neurological impairment but with no organic pathology to account for it.

Question 5

malingering

Answer 5

deliberate faking of a physical or psychological disorder motivated by gain

Question 6

factitious disorder

Answer 6

nonexistent physical or psychological disorder deliberately faked for no apparent gain except, possibly, sympathy and attention

Question 7

depersonalization

Answer 7

altering of perception that causes people to temporarily lose a sense of their own reality; most prevalent in people with the dissociative disorders. there is often a feeling of being outside observers of their own behavior

Question 8

depersonalization-derealization disorder

Answer 8

disorder in which individuals lose a sense of reality to both their external world and their own body

Question 9

dissociative amnesia

Answer 9

dissociative disorder featuring the inability to recall personal information; usually of a stressful or traumatic nature

Question 10

generalized amnesia

Answer 10

loss of memory of all personal information, including identity

Question 11

localized or selective amnesia

Answer 11

memory loss limited to specific times and events, particularly traumatic events

Question 12

dissociative fugue

Answer 12

dissociative disorder featuring sudden, unexpected travel away from home, along with an inability to recall the past, sometimes with assumption of a new identity

Question 13

dissociative trance disorder (DTD)

Answer 13

altered state of consciousness in which people firmly believe they are possessed by spirits; considered a disorder only where there is distress and dysfunction

Question 14

dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Answer 14

disorder in which as many as 100 personalities or fragments of personalities coexist within one body and mind. formerly known as multiple personality disorder

Question 15

alters

Answer 15

shorthand term for alter ego, one of the different personalities or identities in dissociative identity disorder