PSY 333 Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide: Abnormal Psychology Key Concepts Review
Malingering - correct answer ✔✔Deliberate faking of a physical or psychological disorder
motivated by gain
Somatic symptom and related disorders - correct answer ✔✔Somatic symptom disorder
Illness anxiety disorder
Conversion disorder
Factitious disorder
Somatic symptom disorder - correct answer ✔✔Usually experience multiple somatic symptoms
that are distressing and or disrupt their daily lives; The condition appears to be more common
in females than males; ersist at least 6 months; It can be specified as mild, moderate, or severe,
depending on the number of symptoms expressed. There may or may not be an underlying
medical condition
Illness anxiety disorder - correct answer ✔✔Individuals are preoccupied with either having or
contracting a serious disease and experience high levels of anxiety about their health; often in
conflict with their doctors. They may succeed in getting a series of medical interventions and
procedures through their insistence on a disease that they claim is not receiving proper care;
The presence of the feared disease becomes central to self-image and can disrupt family, social,
and occupational relationships; it is thought to be chronic, episodic, and prone to relapse,
typically with adult onset
Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder) - correct answer ✔✔Symptoms
or deficits in sensory or motor behavior that cannot be explained by known medical condition
partial paralysis, blindness, deafness, and pseudo seizures, glove anesthesia (very common,
can't feel sensation in hand, symptoms don't match what nerves show); frequently comorbid
with panic disorder as well as with other anxiety disorders, depression, somatic symptom
disorder, and personality disorders. Often, there are coexisting neurological or medical disorders
as well
, Conversion disorder DSM criteria - correct answer ✔✔One or more symptoms or altered
voluntary motor or sensory function
Clinical findings provide evidence of incompatibility between the symptoms and recognized
neurological or medical conditions
Symptoms or deficit is not better explained by another medical condition or mental disorder
Symptom deficits cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupation, or
other important areas of functioning
Illness anxiety disorder DSM criteria - correct answer ✔✔DSM 5 Criteria:
Preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness; somatic symptoms are not present or if
present are only mild in intensity, if another medical condition is present there is a high risk for
developing medical condition; there is a high level of anxiety about health and individual is
easily alarmed about personal health status; performs excessive health related behaviors or
exhibits maladaptive avoidance; illness preoccupation has been present for 6 months but
specific illness feared may change over period of time; illness related preoccupation is not
better explained by another mental disorder
Somatic symptom disorder DSM criteria - correct answer ✔✔DSM 5: state of being symptomatic
is persistent for at least 6 months; disproportionate and persistent thoughts about seriousness
of ones symptoms, persistently high level of anxiety about health or symptoms, and excessive
time and energy devoted to these symptoms or health concerns; based on severity of
symptoms and time
conversion disorder categories of symptoms and risk factors - correct answer ✔✔Sensory,
Motor, Seizure, Mixed; the symptoms presented by the patient do not correspond to known
anatomical pathways, as in glove anesthesia. In some patients, an obvious lack of concern about
the symptoms (la belle indifférence) is evident. Another clue involves the inconsistency of
symptoms; are not intentionally produced, yet the accuracy of the symptom presentation is
directly related to the medical sophistication of the patient
Risk factors : Early abuse or trauma, Lower SES, Lower education
Malingering - correct answer ✔✔Deliberate faking of a physical or psychological disorder
motivated by gain
Somatic symptom and related disorders - correct answer ✔✔Somatic symptom disorder
Illness anxiety disorder
Conversion disorder
Factitious disorder
Somatic symptom disorder - correct answer ✔✔Usually experience multiple somatic symptoms
that are distressing and or disrupt their daily lives; The condition appears to be more common
in females than males; ersist at least 6 months; It can be specified as mild, moderate, or severe,
depending on the number of symptoms expressed. There may or may not be an underlying
medical condition
Illness anxiety disorder - correct answer ✔✔Individuals are preoccupied with either having or
contracting a serious disease and experience high levels of anxiety about their health; often in
conflict with their doctors. They may succeed in getting a series of medical interventions and
procedures through their insistence on a disease that they claim is not receiving proper care;
The presence of the feared disease becomes central to self-image and can disrupt family, social,
and occupational relationships; it is thought to be chronic, episodic, and prone to relapse,
typically with adult onset
Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder) - correct answer ✔✔Symptoms
or deficits in sensory or motor behavior that cannot be explained by known medical condition
partial paralysis, blindness, deafness, and pseudo seizures, glove anesthesia (very common,
can't feel sensation in hand, symptoms don't match what nerves show); frequently comorbid
with panic disorder as well as with other anxiety disorders, depression, somatic symptom
disorder, and personality disorders. Often, there are coexisting neurological or medical disorders
as well
, Conversion disorder DSM criteria - correct answer ✔✔One or more symptoms or altered
voluntary motor or sensory function
Clinical findings provide evidence of incompatibility between the symptoms and recognized
neurological or medical conditions
Symptoms or deficit is not better explained by another medical condition or mental disorder
Symptom deficits cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupation, or
other important areas of functioning
Illness anxiety disorder DSM criteria - correct answer ✔✔DSM 5 Criteria:
Preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness; somatic symptoms are not present or if
present are only mild in intensity, if another medical condition is present there is a high risk for
developing medical condition; there is a high level of anxiety about health and individual is
easily alarmed about personal health status; performs excessive health related behaviors or
exhibits maladaptive avoidance; illness preoccupation has been present for 6 months but
specific illness feared may change over period of time; illness related preoccupation is not
better explained by another mental disorder
Somatic symptom disorder DSM criteria - correct answer ✔✔DSM 5: state of being symptomatic
is persistent for at least 6 months; disproportionate and persistent thoughts about seriousness
of ones symptoms, persistently high level of anxiety about health or symptoms, and excessive
time and energy devoted to these symptoms or health concerns; based on severity of
symptoms and time
conversion disorder categories of symptoms and risk factors - correct answer ✔✔Sensory,
Motor, Seizure, Mixed; the symptoms presented by the patient do not correspond to known
anatomical pathways, as in glove anesthesia. In some patients, an obvious lack of concern about
the symptoms (la belle indifférence) is evident. Another clue involves the inconsistency of
symptoms; are not intentionally produced, yet the accuracy of the symptom presentation is
directly related to the medical sophistication of the patient
Risk factors : Early abuse or trauma, Lower SES, Lower education
