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157) Dissociative and conversion disorders used to be grouped in the DSM-IV under the category of “neurosis.” A) True B) False 158) In somatoform and dissociative disorders, anxiety is directly expressed in behaviour. A) True B) False 159) The key feature of the dissociative disorders is anxiety. A) True B) False 160) Multiple personality has been traditionally classified as a somatoform disorder. A) True B) False 161) In dissociative identity disorder, the dominant personality is always unaware of the alternate personalities. A) True B) False 162) In dissociative identity disorder, themes of sexual ambivalence and ambiguity are common. A) True B) False 163) Dissociative identity disorder is considered rare. A) True B) False 164) The number of reported cases of dissociative identity disorder has slowly dropped. A) True B) False 165) In the famous case of Sybil, tape recordings of sessions indicate that Sybil was highly suggestible to the psychiatrist’s suggestions that there were multiple personalities, but is unlikely to have had genuine multiple personality disorder. A) True B) False 166) To Spanos, multiple personality is not a distinct disorder, but a form of role-playing. A) True B) False