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1
About 90% of patients with DID have a history of suicide attempts.
A)True
B)False
2
DID is more commonly diagnosed in the United States than in Europe, but body dysmorphic disorder is more often diagnosed in Europe than the United States.
A)True
B)False
3
People with somatoform disorders do not consciously fake their symptoms, but people with psychosomatic disorders do fake their symptoms.
A)True
B)False
4
Researchers can induce the symptoms of DID in normal individuals by using hypnosis.
A)True
B)False
5
Body dysmorphic disorder is more common among younger adults, whereas somatization disorder is more common among older adults.
A)True
B)False
6
The avoidance of burdensome responsibilities because one is disabled is a secondary gain.
A)True
B)False
7
Ralph has an ulcer. More often than not, the stress related to his job as an executive gets so bad that his ulcer flares up. Somatoform disorder best describes his condition.
A)True
B)False
8
In schizoid personality disorder an individual develops more than one self, typically in response to some psychological trauma.
A)True
B)False
9
An overwhelming majority of people who suffer from dissociative identity disorder have experienced some form of severe sexual or physical abuse in childhood.
A)True
B)False
10
In depersonalization, an individual experiences alterations of mind-body perception ranging from detachment from one's experiences to the feeling that one has stepped out of one's body.
A)True
B)False





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