Somatoform and dissociative disorders are similar in that both:
a) Have symptoms suggesting a physical dysfunction.
b) Typically begin after a stressful experience.
c) Involve aggressive outbursts.
d) Are delusional in quality
Question 2Kleptomania and pyromania are classified as:
a) Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.
b) Adjustment disorders.
c) Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders.
d) Somatic symptom and related disorders.
Question 3Which of the following best illustrates hypochondriasis?
a) An ulcer caused by stress
b) Persistent unsubstantiated fear of having cancer
c) Obsessions with an imagined physical defect, such as facial wrinkles
d) Recurring pain with no physical basis
Question 4John feels that he must check the stove between 12 and 15 times before leaving the house. He experiences extreme anxiety when there is interference in his checking. The psychogenic position would suggest which explanation for his checking?
a) John is genetically predisposed to obsessive-compulsive behaviour.
b) Checking is due to a brain malfunction, most likely in the limbic system.
c) The checking is due to a head injury, leading to forget that he turned off the stove.
d) John's compulsive behaviour is driven by the need to ward off forbidden impulses.
Question 5Somatoform disorders all involve:
a) Physical symptoms.
b) Dysphoric mood.
c) Disruptions of consciousness.
d) Hallucinations.
Question 6Since somatization, hypochondriasis, pain disorder, and undifferentiated somatoform disorder share features of cognitive distortions and somatic symptoms, they are listed in DSM-5 as:
a) One category, i.e., somatic symptom disorders'
b) Separately as per the type of cognitive distortions they resemble
c) The same way as they were in the DSM-IV
d) They are not listed in DSM-5.
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