PSY 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Factitious Disorder, Depersonalization Disorder, Eminem
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Hypochondriasis, somatization disorder, pain disorder is now somatic symptom disorder: high level of anxiety of health symptoms, more time and energy spent on getting medical treatment, convince yourself your sick, cbt & contact with medical doctor. Health anxiety: worry about your health or contracting an illness, repetitive check, avoid dr, asking others about their disorders. Conversion disorder: often environmental stressor (ricky bobby car accident, can have effect on motor skills- like blindness, or paralysis, sudo-seizure, rates for this disorder are going down, avoidance. Factitious disorder: faking a disorder for a gain something, munchousers (in eminem song) Can make you kid sick for a gain. Depersonalization disorder: sense of self is lost, can occur whenever. Dissociative amnesia and fugue: real amnesia can occur with a head injury (retrograde or anterograde, generally temporary (amnesia) Caused by shock and people can"t find a sense of themselves.
