Conversion Disorder
Illness Anxiety
Psychoanalysis + Psychodynamic Therapy
Evaluating Psychotherapies
Random Trivia
100

Conversion Disorder is also known as

What is functional neurological symptom disorder?

100
Illness Anxiety Disorder is also known as this

What is hypochrondriasis?

100

This person founded psychoanalysis

Who is Sigmund Freud?

100

Positive testimonies aren't ways to measure the effectiveness of psychotherapies because of  . . . (2 things)

What is the placebo effect and regression toward the mean?

100

Name of the giraffe from Madagascar

Who is Melman?

200

Causes of conversion disorder

What are stressful events, emotional and physical trauma?

200

The most effective treatment for illness anxiety is . . .

What is cognitive-behavioral treatment and medication?

200

This is a type of psychodynamic therapy

What is interpersonal psychotherapy?

200

A statistical procedure that combines the results/conclusions of a large number of different studies

What is meta-analysis?

200

The average attention span of a brain (minutes--> closest)

What is 20 minutes?

300

List some examples of symptoms (3)

What is inability to swallow, blindness, or paralysis?

300

Illness anxiety ---- with age (decreases/increases/stays the same)

What is increases with age?

300
These are ways that Psychoanalysis accomplishes its goals

What is reclaiming unconscious thoughts and giving them insight into origins of disorders?

300

The clinical decision-making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics

What is evidence-based practice?

300

The factors contributing to somatic symptom disorder (5)

what is biological, genetic, early traumatic experiences, learning, and culture?
400

The diagnosis of conversion disorder may be made in the presence of other mental disorders, list them

What is dissociative disorder, depressive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, panic disorder?

400

The uses of hypochondria (at least 2)

What is attention, withdrawal, punishment, and trauma?

400

Prescribed medications or procedures that act on person's physiology is this type of therapy

What is Biomedical Therapy?

400

This therapy works by activating a brain region that influences the body's arousal and hormones

What is light therapy?

400

What animal is Arthur (from the show)?

What is an aardvark?

500

What cause neurological symptoms that are associated with conversion disorder?

What is reduced blood flow in brain regions responsible for communication with other body parts?

500

The impact of illness anxiety . . . (functional consequences)

What is role impairment, physical decrement, and disrupting relationships?

500

Resistance hints at . . . 

What are underlying wishes, feelings, and conflicts that one is hiding?

500

Cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies have been effective in . . . (at least two)

What is coping with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, and depression?

500

When children spend a part of each day receiving different therapies, such as structured teaching using methods of applied behavior analysis (ABA), sensory integration and stimulation (brushing and swinging), floor time procedures, music sessions, and free play with typical peers; what is this?

What is eclectic approach?