20 questions
The following would be characterized by a person having 2 or more separate and distinct personality states (identities):
Schizophrenia
Dissociative Fugue
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Identity Disorder
In Dissociative Identity Disorder, the different identities are referred to as:
Dissociations
Mutations
Alters
Deviations
In Dissociative Identity Disorder, each personality can exhibit differences such as allergies, right-handedness/left-handedness, gender orientation, etc.
True
False
Dissociative Identity Disorder was previously called:
Dissociative Amnesia
Multiple Personality Disorder
Dissociative Fugue
Persistent Personality Disorder
When a person blocks out certain information, usually associated with a stressful or traumatic event, leaving him or her unable to remember important personal information, they would be exhibiting the following disorder:
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
People with this disorder temporarily lose their sense of personal identity and impulsively wander or travel away from their homes or places of work. They often become confused about who they are and might even create new identities. Outwardly, people with this disorder show no signs of illness, such as strange appearance or odd behavior.
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Marked by periods of feeling disconnected or detached from one’s body and thoughts (like being in a dream). People with this disorder do not lose contact with reality; they realize that things are not as they appear. An episode can last a few
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Delusions affect most people with schizophrenia.
True
False
People with Schizophrenia most often experience the following type of hallucination:
Auditory
Visual
Taste
Tingling
In terms of schizophrenic symptoms, a false belief not based in reality is known as a/an:
Distortion
Relapse
Delusion
Fallacy
A sudden change in personality and behavior, which occurs when schizophrenia sufferers lose touch with reality is known as:
A psychotic episode
An epileptic episode
A sitcom episode
An episodic interruption
Genetics play a role in a person's likelihood to develop schizophrenia.
True
False
Schizophrenia can be cured:
True
False
Schizophrenia can be treated:
True
False
People with schizophrenia are often considered to be dangerous:
True
False
Schizophrenia can be prevented:
True
False
Schizophrenia is most often treated using
Medication only
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy only
Both Medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
None of these, because it does not require treatment
A specific event can cause schizophrenia
True
False
A specific event can trigger schizophrenic symptoms in a person with schizophrenia
True
False
Wandering away from home and forgetting who you are is most closely associated with
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder