PSYB32H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 notes for FALL 2010 semester
Document Summary
Somatoform and dissociative disorders are related to anxiety disorders in that, in early versions of the dsm, all these disorders were subsumed under the heading of neuroses b/c anxiety was considered the predominant underlying factor in each case. Somatoform disorders: physical symptoms suggest a physical problem but have no know physiological cause; they"re therefore believed to be lined to psychological conflicts and needs but not voluntarily assumed; E. g. somatization disorder (briquet"s syndrome), conversion disorder, pain disorder, and hypochondriasis. Indiv complains of bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect or dysfunction sometimes rather dramatic in nature but for which no physiological basis can be found. Dissociative disorders: normal integration of consciousness, memory, or identity is suddenly and temporarily altered; E. g. dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality), and depersonalization disorder are examples. In dissociative disorders, indiv experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory, and identity.
