Conversion Disorder
Somatization Disorder
Pain Disorder
Hypochondriasis
BDD
100
Symptoms of conversion disorder are explained by neurological causes. True/ False.
What is false- they may seem neurological (ie dizziness, paralysis, loss of motor or sensory functioning) but are largely explained by psychological factors.
100
Two types of somatoform disorders and which category somatization disorder falls into.
What is Hysterical - experience actual changes in physical functioning and Preoccupation – misinterpret/ overreact physical symptoms/features, somatization is hysterical.
100
Pain is specific to pain disorder. People with conversion or somzatization cannot experience pain. True/False
What is false- just the key feature of pain disorder.
100
Individuals with hypochondriasis often seek this, rather than psychotherapy.
What is medical interventions.
100
BDD is an acronym for this.
What is body dysmorphic disorder.
200
The difference between primary and secondary gains in conversion (and all somatoform disorders).
What is primary= focus on internal rather than intrapsychic or cognitive, secondary= money, sick role, responsibility.
200
Somatization disorder symptoms always have a organic basis. true/false.
What is FALSE- do not have or have little basis in organic issues.
200
Psychosocial factors impact one of these three things in pain disorder.
What is onset, severity, or continuation of pain.
200
People with hypochondriasis are convinced they have this.
What is serious or fatal illness.
200
This is the defining feature of BDD.
What is obsession with imagined/minor defect in appearance
300
Treatments are most similar to this other category of disorders.
What is stress related/ PTSD (both use exposure).
300
A person is diagnoses with high blood pressure, but has pain in their legs, which is not associated with high blood pressure or heart problems. What other criteria would they need to fulfill pain disorder?
What is pain would need to be the primary problem- cause significant distress and impairment.
300
Treatments for hypochondriasis (and other preoccupation disorders) are most similar to this other category of disorders.
What is Anxiety (especially OCD). Both use exposure and response prevention
300
Japanese women have increasingly sought cosmetic surgery in response to Western advertisements. This supports which theory of somatoform disorders?
What is socio-cultural/ multicultural.
400
The idea that Latin immigrants have a lower PTSD rate and higher somatization rate shows support for which theory of somatoform disorders?
What is socio-cultural view. May be that Western societies view somatization as a less than ideal way to handle stress.
400
A person reports a myriad of physical complaints that would fulfill DSM-IV-TR criteria, but is actual not experiencing these symptoms. What is this disorder?
What is factitious disorder/ malingering.
400
Treatments for somatoform disorders, across theoretical perspectives, tend to focus on this.
What is the cause of pain/ physical symptoms/ malingering (i.e. trauma, anxiety, gains).
400
The gender prevalence of men and women with hypochondriasis.
What is 1:1 (about equal).
400
All preoccupations with appearance in BDD are imagined.
What is false- a person might have a slight deformity or change in their appearance, but in BDD this is exaggerated and thought about repeatedly, causing impairment and dysfunction.
500
Similar to the placebo effect, stress might "wake up" our immune response and contribute to physical changes. These chemicals are typically involved in the immune response.
What is hormones, lympocytes, endorphins, antibodies- relieve pain, attack foreign antigens
500
Four types of symptoms needed for somatization disorder.
What is pain, GI, sexual, neurological.
500
A therapist uses free association to bring the causes of somatic complaints from the unconscious to the conscious. The client no longer feels anxiety about their underlying fear or cause of the symptoms and feels better.
What is the psychodynamic therapy/ approach.
500
Research supports the behavioral view that somatoform disorders are caused by rewards of secondary gains, and are perpetuated when individuals get attention and support from medical problems.
What is false- not much support for any of the rationals behind somatoform disorders.
500
Snooki from Jersey Shore is said to possibly have this disorder, according to the Comer text?
What is tanorexia, a form of BDD.