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Malingering is considered a psychological disorder in the DSM-5.

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Self-help books have been aimed at helping people with health anxiety and Illness Anxiety Disorder.

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In the past,it was theorized that the symptoms of conversion disorder mask unconscious sources of __________.

People who are preoccupied with the fear of having,or the belief that they have,a serious or deadly illness are suffering from ________.

Many anxiety-related complaints,such as trouble swallowing or breathing,or a "lump in the throat," can be traced to overactivity of the ________ nervous system.

The key feature of ________ disorders is a change or disturbance in the functions of self-identity,memory,or consciousness that make the personality whole.

Each of the following is a somatoform disorder EXCEPT ________.

Dhat syndrome is found primarily in ________.

In diagnosing dissociative disorder,there need to be __________ or more distinct or alternate personalities.

A hysterical paralysis of an arm that prevents someone from acting out an unacceptable murderous impulse is what Freud called a(n) ________ gain.

Discuss the controversy with regard to recovered memory.

According to psychodynamic theory,gains that allow people to avoid burdensome responsibilities and at the same time gain the support,rather than the condemnation,of those around them are called ________.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Each of the following is a classic symptom of conversion disorder EXCEPT ________.

The vast majority of people exposed to trauma ________ dissociative disorders.

According to Freud,hysterical symptoms provide ________.

Jeff is preoccupied with his cheeks,feeling they are too "chubby" and that they make him look childlike.He has had several plastic surgeries to make his face look thinner.Jeff is likely experiencing __________.

To Spanos,multiple personality is not a distinct disorder,but a form of role-playing.

The type of dissociative amnesia in which people forget only the disturbing or stressful events that took place in a given time period,but remember everything else about that time period,is called ________ amnesia.

Seth has been under a lot of stress at work lately.One morning he awakens to find he is totally blind.His physician can find nothing physically wrong with his eyes,and Seth appears to have no trouble maneuvering around the furniture in the physician's office.But Seth is not consciously faking and swears he cannot see.Seth is suffering from ________.