Chapter 6

Question 1

somatic symptom disorder

Answer 1

syndrome marked by health concerns that are excessive given actual physical health, that persist despite contrary evidence, and that interfere with daily functioning

Question 2

illness anxiety disorder

Answer 2

a form of anxiety characterized by a preoccupation with fears of having a serious medical illness based on misinterpretations of bodily sensations (formerly called hypochondriasis)

Question 3

conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)

Answer 3

syndrome marked by a sudden loss of functioning in a part of the body, usually following an extreme psychological stressor

Question 4

functional neurological symptom disorder

Answer 4

medical condition in which there is a problem with the functioning of the nervous system and how the brain and body sends and/or receives signals, rather than a structural disease process such as multiple sclerosis or stroke.

Question 4

factitious disorder imposed on self

Answer 4

disorder marked by deliberately faking physical or mental illness to gain medical attention

Question 5

malingering

Answer 5

feigning of a symptom or a disorder for the purpose of avoiding an unwanted situation, such as military service

Question 6

factitious disorder imposed on another

Answer 6

disorder in which the individual creates an illness in another individual in order to gain attention

Question 7

dissociative disorders

Answer 7

Disorders that are characterized by a disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, or behavior.

Question 8

dissociation

Answer 8

process whereby different facets of an individual’s sense of self, memories, or consciousness become disconnected from one another

Question 9

dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Answer 9

syndrome in which a person develops more than one distinct identity or personality, each of which can have distinct facial and verbal expressions, gestures, interpersonal styles, attitudes, and even physiological responses

Question 10

dissociative amnesia

Answer 10

loss of memory for important facts about a person’s own life and personal identity, usually including the awareness of this memory loss

Question 11

organic amnesia

Answer 11

loss of memory caused by brain injury resulting from disease, drugs, accidents (blows to head), or surgery

Question 12

anterograde amnesia

Answer 12

deficit in the ability to learn new information

Question 13

psychogenic amnesia

Answer 13

loss of memory in the absence of any brain injury or disease and thought to have psychological causes

Question 14

retrograde amnesia

Answer 14

deficit in the ability to recall previously learned information or past events

Question 15

dissociative fugue

Answer 15

disorder in which a person moves away and assumes a new identity, with amnesia for the previous identity

Question 16

depersonalization/derealization disorder

Answer 16

syndrome marked by frequent episodes of feeling detached from one’s own body and mental processes, as if one were an outside observer of oneself; symptoms must cause significant distress or interference with one’s ability to function