PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State, Psychogenic Amnesia
Document Summary
Disorders in which people complain of physical (somatic) problems, although in physical abnormality can be found. Somatic symptom disorder: physical complaints, with or without clear or known physical causes, accompanied by excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors regarding the physical complaints. Conversion disorder: serious neurological symptoms such as paralysis or blindness occur, without known physiological cause. Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondria): persistent beliefs that one has a serious medical disorder despite the lack of medical evidence to support such beliefs. Dissociative amnesia: extensive but selective memory loss usually following trauma in the absence of any identifiable organic cause. General knowledge and skills are usually retained. Psychogenic fugue: one suddenly flees from their life situation, assumes a new identity, and has amnesia for autobiographical information. Dissociative identity disorder: a person has two or more distinct (or alter) personalities. Poor cross-cultural evidence: largely an american issue. Characterized by a chronic pattern of antisocial and irresponsible behavior, lack of remorse.
