Psychosomatic Disorders — MCQs

Systemic desensitization therapy is used for

What is considered the most effective treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder?

A nondiabetic, nonhypertensive patient has occasional extra heartbeats. The doctor informed them it is benign, but the patient continues to seek investigations from doctor to doctor. This is a type of:

Which of the following symptoms is NOT included in the diagnostic criteria for DSM-IV-TR somatization disorder?

Astasia-abasia is associated with which of the following conditions?

A 35 year old man feels that he is about to die because he is suffering from gastric cancer. All his radiological investigations prove the contrary. Which is the most probable diagnosis?

Which of the following disorders is classified under somatic symptom and related disorders in the DSM-5?

Loosening of association is an example of

Which of the following is NOT considered a formal thought disorder?

A 41-year-old male presents with complaints of inability to achieve proper erections during sexual intercourse. He reports that there were no abnormalities until last month, when on one occasion he tried having sex while he was drunk. He was not able to achieve a proper erection at that time, and since then, on four other occasions, he has been unable to have an erection during attempted sex. He reports that his morning erections are fine and erections during masturbation were also normal. He is a diabetic, and the blood reports show FBS-103 mg/dl, HbA1C-6.6. His BP was 138/88 mm Hg. What is the likely cause of his erection disturbances?