Dissociative Disorders
Conversion Disorders
Name That Disorder
Misc.
100
Name one dissociative disorder
Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously called Multiple, Personality Disorder), Depersonalization Disorder
100
What part of a person does conversion disorders affect.
Movement and senses.
100
This disorder is specifically characterized by the fact that the person is unable to remember important personal information.
Dissociative Amnesia
100
Name one cause of a dissociative disorder.
Children subjected to chronic physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Or Home environment that is frightening or highly unpredictable.
200
Name two symptoms of dissociative disorders
Memory loss, Depression and Anxiety, Depersonalization, Derealization, Blurred sense of identity
200
Name two possible symptoms of conversion disorder.
Poor coordination or balance, Paralysis in an arm or leg, Difficulty swallowing or "a lump in the throat", Inability to speak, Vision problems, including double vision and blindness, Deafness, Seizures or convulsions
200
Formally known as multiple personality disorder.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
200
True or false, dissociative disorders are more commonly found in children than in adults.
True
300
What is dissociative amnesia
A disorder characterized by abnormal memory functioning in the absence of structural brain damage or a known neurobiological cause.
300
How long do conversion disorders normally last?
A few weeks.
300
In this disorder the pain is like that of a physical disorder, but no physical cause is found.
Pain disorder
300
Name three types of treatment for any of the disorders.
-Counseling (psychotherapy) -Physical therapy -Hypnosis -Transcranial magnetic stimulation -Creative art therapy -Cognitive therapy -Medications
400
This disorder is usually diagnosed when the patient spontaneously wanders to a new community with a different identity.
Dissociative Fuge
400
True or false, conversion disorders have a physical cause.
False
400
People with this disorder randomly travel to new community under a different identity.
Dissociative fugue
400
List all of the conversion disorders.
1.Hypocondriasis 2. Pain Disorder 3. Somatization Disorder
500
Describe how a person with depersonalization disorder feels.
"Looking at yourself from a 3rd party view."
500
Name the two other names for conversion disorder.
Hysteria and Somatoform Disorder
500
Condition in which a person has physical symptoms that involve more than one part of the body, but no physical cause can be found.
Somatization Disorder
500
What is Hypochondrasis
Belief that physical symptoms are signs of a serious illness, even when there is no medical evidence to support the presence of an illness.
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