Disability Studies 2072F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Body Integrity Identity Disorder, Identity Component
22 Jan 2019
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Health care relationships, therapeutic norms, and ethical principles. Notes from reading: body integrity identity disorder (biid) Body integrity identity disorder = a particular limb doesn"t feel like it belongs to someone and they would like to have it amputated. If not satisfied by a professional, some people will do it themselves (mutilating the limb) Could be neurological, neurotic, ocd, identity disorder, etc. Jealous of the attention: these explanations are seen as not convincing because of their specificity and irrationality. Identity disorder become more authentic: establish a true identity", both biid and gid typically originate in childhood, common in man-to-women-transsexuals, emphasizing the identity component may suggest a causal explanation, although it is proven neither psychologically nor biologically. Therapies: traditional psychotherapy has had little positive effect, movement therapy, supported by music, rinsing the ear canal with warm and then cold water to stimulate the parietal lobe opposite the treated ear, repetitive magnetic stimulation.
