Ms Hall Consulted a Physician Because of the Following Experience

question 14

Multiple Choice

Ms. Hall consulted a physician because of the following experience: The week before, she felt that another voice was talking to her, although she tried to ignore it. She then had a period of hours which she was unable to recall, but her boyfriend reported later that during that period she behaved like a completely different person, being loud and boisterous in contrast to her usual shy, sedate personality. She had never had a similar experience and was at a loss to explain it. Ms. Hall's symptoms meet the criteria for:

• A)Schizophrenia
• B)Depersonalization disorder
• C)Dissociative identity disorder
• D)None of the above

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Definitions:

Neurons

Nerve cells that are the basic building blocks of the nervous system, responsible for receiving, processing, and transmitting information through electrical and chemical signals.

Reflexes

Automatic, involuntary responses to stimuli, such as the knee-jerk reaction, that are mediated by the nervous system.

Cranial Nerves

Twelve pairs of nerves that emerge directly from the brain and the brainstem, facilitating various functions including sensory input and motor output.

Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain, playing a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.