Psych 1000

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following statistics concerning psychological disorders is NOT accurate? A) Psychological disorders are one of the leading causes of criminal activity. B) Medications used to treat anxiety and depression are among the most frequently prescribed drugs in North America. C) Each year, more than a million students withdraw from universities in North America because of emotiona...

Psych Lecture 19

■ Somatic Symptom Disorders ■ Involuntary physical complaints or disabilities with no biological cause ■ e.g. Pain Disorder ▪ Feel pain with no physical cause, or disproportionate amount of pain given cause eg Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder ▪ Formerly known as Conversion Hysteria, or (later) Conversion Disorder ▪ Paralysis, blindness, or loss of sensation with no physical cause ▪ Associated with “la belle indifference” – a ■ In some cases o...