Colleen Has Been Diagnosed with Depersonalization Disorder

question 13

Multiple Choice

Colleen has been diagnosed with depersonalization disorder. Which symptoms should be present?

• A) Vague and diverse physical complaints such as nausea and headache
• B) An inability to remember events just before and during a crisis
• C) Travel to another town and the establishment of a new identity
• D) Perceptions that her body and her environment are unreal

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Definitions:

Reactance

A motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.

Gestalt Therapy

Gestalt Therapy is an experiential form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, and the environmental and social contexts of a person's life.

Perls

Refers to Fritz Perls, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist known for developing Gestalt therapy.

Tardive Dyskinesia

Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary, repetitive body movements, often a side effect of long-term usage of certain psychiatric medications.