List the disorders of the somatic symptom and related disorders section of the DSM-5 and
describe the defining characteristics of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Suggested response:
? Somatic symptom disorder – seen where the individual experiences one or
more somatic symptoms that are distressing or result in a significant
disruption of daily life
? Illness anxiety disorder –
? Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder) –
? Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions –
? Factitious disorder –
? Other specified (and unspecified) somatic symptom and related disorder –
these 2 disorders are reserved for instances when symptom presentation does
not meet full criteria for any of the disorders in the somatic symptom and
related disorders diagnostic class and unspecified for those (unusual)
situations where there is insufficient information to make a more specific
diagnosis – such as the client seen in an emergency room.
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a. social psychology. b. biological psychology. c. neuropsychology. d. psychometrics.
The most commonly reported measure of dispersion is:
a. The range. b. The interquartile Range. c. The standard deviation. d. The mean.
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