PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dissociative Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Aphonia
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Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriac: functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder, malingering, somatic symptom disorder (somatization disorder) Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) - introduced by dsm-5; it is used to be called. It can be contagious by way of psychogenic factors: patients with conversion disorder are happy in their disabled world because it serves a purpose to alleviate anxiety. Factitious disorder: when you inflict the symptomatology upon you, at an unconscious level but the motive is a little bit different when you"re inflicting it upon yourself, motive: to get attention and sympathy from others. Dissociative disorders: dissociative amnesia, person is unable to recall important personal information. It comes on suddenly and it can disappear just as suddenly: usually after some stressful episode. Information is not permanently lost: the case of the sailor , 18-year-old male has been brought to the hospital by the police. He is exhausted and shows evidence of prolonged exposure in the sun.
