PSY BEH 102C Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Factitious Disorder
1 Apr 2017
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Chapter 5: somatic symptom and related disorders and dissociative disorders. Excessive or maladaptive response to physical symptoms to physical symptoms and health concerns. Individuals feel detached from themselves or their surroundings and feel reality and identity might disintegrate. 5 kinds: somatic symptoms disorder, illness anxiety disorder, psychological factors affecting other medical conditions, conversion disorder, factitious disorder. Concerned about the functioning of their bodies. Their thoughts are consumed with their worries. Another example: the experience of severe pain in which psychological factors play a major role in exacerbating pain whether there is a clear physical reason for the pain or not. What is significant is the behavioral patterns that accompany these thoughts and worries. But the person is still experiencing pain. 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 illness.
