PSYB32H3 Midterm: 2011 PSYB32 Midterm 2 Study Guide
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It is important to know that patients, who suffer from body dysmorphic disorders (bdd), often have obsessive compulsive personality disorder characteristics. They are obsessed with looking at their defective reflection in mirror. Usually begins in late adolescence or adulthood: depression, social phobia co-morbit because imagine defect and not want to be in public, or sad about defects. 5% of the population might have hypochondriacs, and is chronic. 1. 3% prevalence of d. i. d. but commonly misdiagnosis of being borderline or schizophrenia (vice versa). Categories of specific phobia: objects, situation, animals, natural environment: generalized or specific qualifier of social phobia. Women have a higher probability (11 vs. 15% lifetime prevalence) Through living in the present we are able to take responsibility for our responses and actions. To be fully present in the here and now offers us more excitement, energy and courage to live life directly.
