CHEM 110 Lecture Notes - Hypnotic Susceptibility, Electra Complex, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 110
• Professor: Rick Schultz

Document Summary

Somatoform and dissociative disorders are related to anxiety disorders in that, in early versions of the dsm, all these disorders were subsumed under the heading of neuroses because anxiety was considered the predominant underlying factor in each case. Somatoform disorder: the individual complains of bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect or dysfunction sometimes rather dramatic in nature but for which no physiological basis can be found. Dissociative disorder: the individual experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory and identity. The onset of both classes of disorders is assumed by many to be related to some stressful experience and the two classes sometimes co-occur. Psychological problems take a physical form, no known physiological explanation and are not under voluntary control. Pain disorder: the person experiences pain that causes significant distress and impairment; psychological factors are viewed as playing an important role in the onset, maintenance, and severity of the pain.