Chapter 6: Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders

Question 1

 In addition to disorders covered
earlier, two other kinds of disorders
are commonly associated with stress
and anxiety:

Answer 1

◦ Somatoform disorders

◦ Dissociative disorders

Question 2

Somatoform disorders are problems

that appear to be medical but are due

Answer 2

psychosocioal factors

Question 3

hypochondriasis–>SOMATIC SYMPTOM DISORDER
what age does it start?
what is the male/female ratio?

Answer 3

can start at any age, but often in early adulthood.

equal between men and women

Question 4

% of people who suffer from Somatic Symptom Disorder

Answer 4

1%-5%

symptoms rise and fall over the years for patients

Question 5

Define Dissociative Amnesia

Answer 5

1. one or more episodes of inability to recall important information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.
2. significant distress or impairment

Question 6

Describe localized dissociative amnesia

Answer 6

most common type; loss of all
memory of events occurring within a limited
period

Question 7

describe selective dissociative amnesia

Answer 7

– loss of memory for some, but not all,

events occurring within a period

Question 8

describe generalized dissociative amnesia

Answer 8

loss of memory beginning with an
event, but extending back in time; may lose
sense of identity; may fail to recognize family and
friends

Question 9

describe continuous dissociative amnesia

Answer 9

forgetting of both old and new
information and events; quite rare in cases of
dissociative amnesia

Question 10

What do clinicians know about dissociative amnesia?

Answer 10

• they do not know how common it is

- but many cases seem to begin during times of serious threat to health and safety

Question 11

Define Dissociative Fugue

Answer 11

 People with dissociative fugue not only
forget their personal identities and details
of their past, but also flee to an entirely
different location

Question 12

What are the differences between brief and severe Dissociative Fugue?

Answer 12

Brief: hours, days, ends suddenly
Severe: travel far from home, establish new name, relationships, line of work, personality characteristics

Question 13

What do somatoform and dissociative disorders have in common?

Answer 13

• both may appear in response to severe stress
• traditionally viewed as form of escape from stress
• a number of individuals suffer from both a somatoform and dissociative disorder
• treated in similar ways.

Question 14

2 types of somatoform disorders

Answer 14

1. hysterical somatoform disorder

2. preoccupation somatoform disorders

Question 15

People with ____ _____ disorder suffer actual changes in their physical functioning

Answer 15

Hysterical somatoform disorder

Question 16

3 types of Hysterical Somatoform disorders

Answer 16

◦ Conversion disorder
◦ Somatization disorder
◦ Pain disorder associated with
psychological factors

Question 17

In this disorder, a psychosocial conflict or need is
converted into dramatic physical symptoms that
affect voluntary or sensory functioning

what are the symptoms?

Answer 17

Conversion Disorder

Symptoms often seem neurological, such as paralysis,
blindness, or loss of feeling

Question 18

People with ______ disorder have many
long-lasting physical ailments that have little
or no organic basis

 Also known as ________ syndrome

what are the symptoms?

Answer 18

somatization disorder

briquets syndrome

◦ To receive a diagnosis, a person must have a
range of ailments, including several pain
symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, a
sexual symptom, and a neurological
symptom

Question 19

Which lasts longer, hysterical conversion disorders or hysterical somatization disorders?

Answer 19

hysterical somatization disorders

Question 20

What is Munchausen Syndrome by proxy?

Answer 20

parents make up or produce physical illnesses in their children.

Question 21

What is Munchausen Syndrome??

Answer 21

extreme or long term form of fictious disorder

Question 22

What are the types preoccupation somatoform disorders?

Answer 22

illness anxiety disorder and body dysmorphia(not covered in class)

misinterpret or overreact to bodily symptoms or features
fears that one has a serious disease