Question

1. Consider a case: an elderly female patient for many years claims she has multiple physical symptoms; in reality, however, she cannot be diagnosed with any specific illness. What will be the name for her condition?

a) pain disorder

b) dissociative future

c) attention deficit disorder

d) somatization disorder

e) dissociative fugue

2. What is delusion of communication?

a) it is another name for hallucinations

b) beliefs that all journalists are demons

c) beliefs in being a communication

d) beliefs in being connected to other people, God or the Devil

e) beliefs about knowing many languages

Answer 1

1.(d)

Somatization disorder refers to a form of mental illness in which there is a significant focus on physical symptoms such as pain or fatigue. This felt pain is so severe that it causes major emotional distress and problems of functioning. The chances are that one may or may not have another diagnosed medical condition associated with these symptoms.

2.(a)

Delusions of communication refer to a type of psychoses in which reality discrimination errors occurs. It is similar to those found in hallucinations, the only difference is that in delusions of communication what is 'hallucinated' is not a verbal but a non-verbal communication.