PSYCH 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Plastic Surgery, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Fluvoxamine
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Reacting to deformity that others cannot perceive* Doesn"t tend to occur with other somatoform disorders* 76. 4 percent seek plastic surgery, 66 percent receiving it. Concerns with bdd mostly face and head* Drugs that block reuptake of serotonin- clomidepmaitne (anfranil) or fluvoxaminel (luvox, prozac) Exposure and response prevention (same as ocd) (cbt) More than 1/2 will experience transient feelings of dissociation at some point in their lives. 31-66% will feel this during a traumatic event. Depersonalization- perception alters so that you temporarily lose the sense of your own reality, as if you were in a dream and watching yourself. Derealization- sense of reality of the external world is lost. *influence in social and cultural factors is strong* Depersonalization disorder: feelings of disorder are so severe they dominate the individuals life and prevent normal functioning. 0. 8 percent of the population have this. 73 percent suffered from additional mood disorders.
