Quiz

A 35/M has been admitted at the hospital for seizure. He

has been diagnosed with Seizure Disorder, and is
maintained on Carbamazepine. Compliance to
medications is good. He admits to having been
particularly stressed out the past few days and
tearfully revealed that he has been left by his wife for
another man. During his stay at the hospital, he has
had several seizure episodes, sometimes precipitated
by the mere mention of his wife’s name. His most
recent episode was noted when he was told that his
wife refused to visit him at the hospital. He was noted
to be violently shaking his entire body and swaying
from side to side. He is awake during the episode,
responds to painful stimuli and visual threat. After the
episode, he was oriented.

What is your…
4. Axis I Diagnosis
1. What is the main difference between
Factitious Disorders and Malingering?
2. Neurasthenia is an ICD 10 diagnostic
entity. Under what disorder is it classified
in DSM-IV-TR?
3. Munchausen syndrome is:
a. Factitious Disorder with predominantly
psychological s/sx
b. Factitious Disorder with predominantly
physical s/sx
c. Factitious Disorder with mixed psychological
and physical s/sx
4. Prototye of Somatoform Disorders
5. Type of Factitious Disorder that is
considered child abuse
8-10. List three Somatoform Disorders