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Appendix H
Refer to the following sections of Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology to review the following DSM-IV-
TR

mentl disorders! Then" mtch the disorders to the cse st#dies $elow!
DSM-IV-TR

Mental Disorders
Dependent %ersonlit& Disorder ' pp! (1)'(*+ ,Dependent %ersonlit& Disorder- of .h! 1/
Dissocitive Disorders ' pp! 101'1)1 ,Dissocitive Disorders- thro#gh ,Dissocitive Identit& Disorder
2M#ltiple %ersonlit& Disorder3- of .h! 1
Somtoform Disorders ' pp! 11('10+ ,Somtoform Disorders- thro#gh ,4ht re %reocc#ption
Somtoform Disorders5- of .h! 1
6rcissistic %ersonlit& Disorder ' pp! (1/'(11 ,6rcissistic %ersonlit& Disorder- of .h! 1/
Schi7oid %ersonlit& Disorder ' pp! /8)'/88 ,Schi7oid %ersonlit& Disorder- of .h! 1/
9$sessive .omp#lsive Disorder ' pp! 1*1'1*/ ,9$sessive-.omp#lsive Disorder- of .h! (
Schi7ophreni ' pp! /1+'/1( ,4ht re the s&mptoms of schi7ophreni5- thro#gh ,S#mming :p; <The
.linicl %ict#re of Schi7ophreni=- of .h! 1*
Case Studies
Mtch the disorders $ove with the following cse st#dies! 9nce &o# determine which disorder is $eing
descri$ed" provide possi$le c#ses nd potentil tretment for the disorder! %ost &o#r nswers in
seprte Microsoft

4ord doc#ment s n ttchment!

Case Study 1
>osephine is (0-&er-old single womn! The hrdest times of the &er for >osephine?s fmil& re
holid&s nd fmil& gtherings@ >osephine never seems to enAo& herself! She seldom smiles" l#ghs" or
rects to people nd events ro#nd her! She remins detched nd often goes into room nd pl&s
video gmes or wtches television $& herself" even when the rest of the fmil& is eting! Her fmil&
mem$ers s& tht she is r#de nd do not wnt her ro#nd!
>osephine lives $& herself! She hs held severl Ao$s" $#t lost them $ec#se of her in$ilit& to interct
with others! Her cool demenor mBes her diffic#lt to pproch! >osephine hs no significnt reltionship
in her personl life nd cnnot nme n& close friends!
Case Study 2
4hen /)-&er-old C#is enters room" ever&one Bnows it! Shortl& fter mBing n entrnce" C#is is s#re to
let ever&one Bnow $o#t his s#ccessf#l $#siness vent#res" his mn& ides for new inventions" nd his
ltest expensive p#rchse! At the lst office prt&" C#is so#ght o#t the .D9 of the compn& nd
monopoli7ed her time with cco#nts of his vl#$le contri$#tions to the compn&!
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C#is hs no ptience with others nd is often descri$ed $& his coworBers s mn who #ses people to
get wht he wnts! Altho#gh he hs $een n office ssistnt for 1+ &ers" C#is is lw&s impecc$l&
dressed $ec#se he often s&s tht one d& he will $e the .D9" nd he insists on looBing the prt now!
Case Study
Two &ers go" */-&er-old Aniss s#rvived horrific cr ccident in which two pssengers of the cr she
ws driving were Billed! Her cr ws hit $rodside $& dr#nB driver! Aniss ws thrown from the cr on
impct! She ws treted for c#ts" $r#ises" nd $roBen rm" $#t recovered F#icBl& nd ppered
otherwise #nh#rt!
Three months fter the cst on her rm ws removed" Aniss $egn experiencing n#m$ness in $oth
hnds! Dxtensive ne#rologicl tests event#ll& r#led o#t medicl resons for the n#m$ness! Aniss ws
s#rprised when her ne#rologist referred her to ps&chitrist!
Case Study 4
Crr& nd Gren hve lw&s wnted fmil&! After ( &ers of mrrige" Gren gve $irth to A#stin"
helth& $$& $o&! A#stin developed normll&" wlBing t 1/ months nd s&ing Hdd"H Hmm"- nd
HmidH 2for milB3 $& 1( months!
At 1I months" A#stin c#ght wht ppered to $e cold! 9ver *-d& period" his cold rpidl& worsened"
nd he ws hospitli7ed with c#te respirtor& distress! He ws plced on ventiltor" $#t the infection
progressed too F#icBl& nd A#stin died on the second d& of hospitli7tion! His f#nerl nd $#ril tooB
plce / d&s lter! In the spn of 1 weeB" Crr& nd Gren hd chnged from $eing hpp& fmil& to
$#r&ing their onl& son!
The d& fter the $#ril" Gren woBe #p" went to A#stin?s room" nd pnicBed when she did not find him in
his cri$! She did not Bnow tht A#stin hd died" nd she co#ld not remem$er the events of the previo#s
weeB!
Case Study !
Ton& ws stright-A st#dent in high school! He entered college on f#ll scholrship" nd moved into the
freshmn dorm! He did well d#ring his first semester" $#t his roommte noticed chnge in Ton& d#ring
the second semester of their freshmn &er! Ton& slept ver& little" ws inconsistent $o#t grooming nd
h&giene" nd seemed preocc#pied with his own tho#ghts" often tlBing to himself in worried whisper! He
ws o$served m#ttering to himself d#ring clss" prompting two professors to sB him to leve! 4hen
Ton& $ecme ver$ll& $#sive to the second professor" he ws escorted off the premises $& sec#rit& nd
ws reF#ired to meet with the den! Ton& ppered t this meeting #nshven nd in wrinBled" #nwshed
clothes! He told the den tht the professors did not #nderstnd ,the press#res of his new d#ties s n
JKI gent!- D#ring their converstion" Ton& often p#sed nd tilted his hed" s if listening to voices or
so#nds@ the den did not detect n& so#nds! The den s#spended Ton& nd recommended his prents
come get Ton& nd seeB ps&chitric help for him!
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