PSY BEH 102C Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Suggestibility, Conversion Disorder

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 102C
• Professor: Reinhart

Document Summary

Chapter 5: somatic symptoms disorders and dissociative disorders. Presence of one or more medically unexplained symptoms. In server cases, symptoms become the persons identity. The symptom is real but there isn"t an explanation or if there is the concern about the symptom is beyond. Only need one symptom to be dig nosed. Research to date is limited due to the recent redefinition of the disorder in dsm redefinition of the disorder in dsm. Experience suggesting that there are benefits to illness. Reduce supportive consequences of talk about physical symptoms. Severe anxiety about the possibility of having a serious disease. Provide more sustantial and sensitive reassurance an education. Conversion disorder ( functional neurological symptom disorder ) Retain most normal functions, but lack awarenes s . Common in some cultural and or religious groups. Freudian psychodynamic view is still common, though unsubstantiated. Past trauma or unconscious conflict is converted to a more acceptable manifestation.