PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Methylphenidate, Episodic Memory, Dissociative Identity Disorder
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If you tell someone they are making up their symptoms they tend to not respond too well: less reliability amongst separate clinicians, no physical basis for these disorders, somatoform disorders. Bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect or dysfunction, not no physiological basis can be found. Psychological factors play a significant role in the onset and maintenance of pain. Dsm includes three subtypes: pain disorder associated psychological factors, pain disorder associated with both psychological factors and a general medical condition, pain disorder associated with a general medical condition. Comorbitiy is great in these patients because they may begin to use drugs or alcohol to alleviate pain. Iotrogenic disability: perception of pain allowing patients to avoid some unpleasant activity and to secure attention and sympathy not otherwise available. Preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defects in physical appearance: elephant man, the man whose arms exploded.
