Module 51: Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders

Question 1

Dissociative disorder

Answer 1

conscious awareness become separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

Question 2

Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder)

Answer 2

Rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities

Question 3

personality disorder

Answer 3

disruptive, inflexible, and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
disorder forms three clusters characterized by: anxiety (Obsessive-Compulsive PD, Avoidant, Dependent), eccentric/odd behaviors(Schizoid, Paranoid, Schizotypal), dramatic/impulsive behaviors(Narcissistic, Borderline, Histrionic, Antisocial)

Question 4

antisocial personality disorder

Answer 4

lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; impulsive, fearless, irresponsible; some genetic tendencies, including low arousal
Genetic predispositions may interact with the environment to produce the altered brain activity associated with antisocial personality disorder.

Question 5

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 5

Person (usually an adolescent female) maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight.

Question 6

Bulimia nervosa

Answer 6

Person alternates binge eating (usually of high-calorie foods) with purging (by vomiting or laxative use), fasting, or excessive exercise.