Trauma and Stressor-related Disorders
This childhood disorder causes a person to have no fear of strangers. They makes friends easily. When her friends have to go home, they have no feelings towards it.
What is Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder?
This disorder is characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry about various aspects of life, occurring more days than not for at least 6 months.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
This dissociative disorder involves the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states. There may be memory gaps when alters switch.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
Jasmine arrives at the ER reporting sudden paralysis in both legs. She cannot walk or move them voluntarily. Reflexes are intact, and all neurological exams (MRI, CT, EMG) show no abnormalities.
Two days prior, Jasmine responded to a particularly traumatic emergency call involving a child who died at the scene. Though she remained calm and professional at the time, this incident triggered memories of her younger brother’s death years earlier — something she rarely speaks about. The doctor suspects this traumatic event caused her disorder.
What is Conversion Disorder?
This personality disorder is marked by pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others, often interpreting motives as malevolent.
What is Paranoid Personality Disorder?
This disorder involves emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor, occurring within 3 months of the event. Symptoms may include guilt, depression, anxiety, anger. Supportive Therapy is a common treatment.
What is Adjustment Disorder?
Fear of specific objects or situations—like spiders or flying—that leads to avoidance is characteristic of this disorder.
What is Specific Phobia?
This disorder includes episodes of detachment from self and surroundings. At times it feels like the person is watching themselves from outside the body. The person may also feel like they're walking in a fog, hear voices or see distortions that others cannot.
What is Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder?
A person deliberately faked symptoms and exaggerates her illness for the purpose of assuming the sick role. She was irate when the doctor showed her negative test results. She used medical terms to suggest her illness to request for more tests. She made sure her family couldn't answer medical questions on her behalf. Due to those behaviors, the doctor suspected she may have this disorder.
What is Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self?
This disorder includes social anxiety, odd beliefs or magical thinking, and eccentric behavior.
What is Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
This childhood disorder results from severe neglect or inconsistent caregiving, leading to emotionally withdrawn behavior. Symptoms include inhibition, unresponsiveness to comfort and withdrawn behavior.
What is Reactive Attachment Disorders?
Avoiding feared situations reinforces anxiety. This CBT strategy helps individuals gradually face their fears.
What is exposure therapy?
This term is for losing time or "coming to" in an unfamiliar place with no memory of how one got there. This is aggravated by a person's daughter giving them a surprised traveling ticket to another state, New York a few hours before departure.
What is Dissociative Fugue?
A man exaggerates back pain after a minor car accident in hopes of receiving a financial settlement. He avoids work and inconsistently reports symptoms. The provider diagnosed this disorder for his behaviors.
What is Malingering?
A woman has intense mood swings, unstable relationships, a history of self-harm, and intense fear of abandonment.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
A soldier experiences flashbacks and disorientation for 10 days after combat.
What is Acute Stress Disorder?
A child cries and clings to their parent each morning before school, worrying something bad will happen to them if separated.
What is Separation Anxiety Disorder?
A 25-year old lady just had a car accident 2 years ago. When she is a family reunion and her aunt asks her about the event, this disorder causes her to be unable to recall the whole event. Hypnosis and grounding technique are common treatment modalities.
What is Selective Amnesia?
A healthy college student becomes preoccupied with the idea that she has a brain tumor after a mild headache. Despite multiple normal tests and doctor reassurances, her anxiety persists. Her behaviors suggest this disorder.
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?
A man brags about his achievements, shows little empathy, and becomes enraged when criticized.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
This class of medications is often used to manage PTSD symptoms. These medications can stabilize mood. No abbreviation accepted.
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)?
A man with aggressive impulses becomes a professional boxer, channeling his energy into a socially acceptable outlet. This is an example of which defense mechanism?
What is Sublimation?
Dissociative Identity Disorder can be treated using a combination of pharmacotherapy, psychological therapy and somatic therapy. There are multiple psychological therapies that can be used. Name 2 of those therapies.
What are CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy, exposure therapy, modified EMDR therapy, hypnotherapy, neurofeedback, ego state therapies.
Somatic Symptom Disorders have multiple treatment modalities. This form of therapy is the most evidence-based and commonly used psychological treatment for Somatic Symptom Disorder.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Name one key difference between Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
What is ego-syntonic vs. ego-dystonic behavior?