PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Malingering, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
26 Mar 2018
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Somatic and dissociative disorders: illness anxiety disorder. Illness anxiety disorder is formerly known as hypochondriasis . Physical symptoms are either not experienced at the present time or are very mild, but severe anxiety is focused on the possibility of having or developing a serious disease. The concern is primarily with the idea of being sick instead of the physical symptom itself. The threat seems so real that reassurance from physicians does not seem to help: somatic symptom disorder. Somatic symptom disorder is also known as briquet"s syndrome . One or more physical symptoms are relatively severe and are associated with anxiety and distress. An extended history of physical complaints before age 30. People are concerned about the symptoms themselves, not what they might mean. Show little urgency to respond to, or take action about, their symptoms, despite feeling continually weak and ill. The symptoms become a major part of the person"s identity.
