Dissociative Disorders

With this disorder someone is unable to recall their past and may travel unexpected distances.

• Dissociative fugue
• Dissociative amnesia
• Depersonalization disorder

Dissociative disorders affect females more than males.

• True
• False

With this disorder, patients are unable to recall important personal information.

• DID
• Dissociative amnesia
• Dissociative fugue
• Depersonalization disorder

With this type of dissociative amnesia a person has prolonged memory loss.

• Localized
• Systematized
• Continuous
• Generalized

This is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states.

• Dissociateive Amnesia

• Dissociative Fugue

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Depersonalization

Ben claimed to go by another name than what his actual name is. What disorder does he have?

• Amnesia

• Depersonalization

• Dissociative Fugue

• Dissociative Identity Disorder

A soldier experiences a sudden blindness after returning from battle. He would most likely be diagnosed with which of the following disorders?

• Conversion disorder
• Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
• Bipolar disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Jeff has total disregard for the rights or properties of others. He steals all the time from just about anyone. He randomly harasses people. Last month he was arrested for theft, and though he is in jail he continues to lie and have little remorse for his actions. Jeff is suffering from what mental disorder?

• Major depression
• Schizoid personality disorder
• Histrionic personality disorder
• Antisocial personality disorder

Which kind of explanation for anxiety disorders would be most appropriate for this scenario: John has uncontrollable panic attacks, and he recently learned that his father and brother started having similar attacks at the same age. 

• biological
• psychodynamic
• socio-cultural
• learning

Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by

• an unstable self image
• feelings of inadequacy
• social isolation
• inflated sense of self