Quiz on Somatic and Dissociative Disorders

This is the previous name of Illness Anxiety Disorder in the previous versions before DSM-5.

• Hypochondriasis

• Briquette Syndrome

• Multiple Personality Disorder

• Manic Depressive Disorder

What is the major difference between individuals with Somatic Symptom Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder?

• Individuals with IAD do not seek medical attention unlike individuals with SSD.

• The pain that the individuals feel with SSD is real unlike in IAD.

• The preoccupation on bodily symptoms of individuals with IAD is more debilitating than in SSD.

• None of the statements is true.

The manifestations of Somatic Symptom Disorder is much similar with this disorder.

• General Anxiety Disorder

• Agoraphobia

• Panic Disorder

• Social Anxiety Disorder

Which of the following statements is true about individuals with Somatic Symptom Disorder?

• All statements are true.

• They do not always feel the urgency to take action but continually feel weak and ill.

• They have excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to bodily symptoms.

• The state of being symptomatic is persistent.

Which of the following can be experienced by an individual with Conversion Disorder?

• Loss of sight

• Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure

• Mutism

• All of the options are correct.

All of the following are factors contributing to the development of Somatic Symptom Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder except:

• Accurate interpretation of physical signs and sensations

• These disorders seem to develop in the context of a stressful life event.

• People who develop these disorders tend to have had a disproportionate incidence of disease in their family when they were children.

• Important social and interpersonal influence may be involved.

Roger has his right arm paralyzed for 5 years now. They’ve been to various hospitals, but the doctors cannot determine the cause of his condition. This caused his wife to resign from work and take care of him 24/7. One day, his wife caught him playing cards using his right arm. After finding out, his wife went back to work and Roger can now use his right arm. Roger is exhibiting signs of __________.

• Malingering

• Factitious Disorder

• Conversion Disorder

• Somatic Symptom Disorder

All of the following statements are true for people with Depersonalization-derealization Disorder except:

• None of the choices is correct

• Experiences of being an outside observer

• Reality testing is altered

• Experiences of detachment with respect to surroundings

All of the following statements are true for people with Dissociative Identity Disorder except:

• Cross-gendered alters are not uncommon.

• Alters is the shorthand term for the different identities or personalities in DID.

• There are multiple complete personalities within the individual.

• Host personalities usually attempt to hold various fragments of identity together.

This is a type of amnesia that is characterized by failure to recall specific events that occur during a specific period.

• Localized Amnesia

• Generalized Amnesia

• Retrograde Amnesia

• Anterograde Amnesia