PSYB32H3 Midterm: chapter notes for midterm 2 (22 pages of solid notes)
13 Dec 2010
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Somatoform is quite common and dissociate is actually the rarest. Anxiety is the underlying factor to both somatoform and dissociative. Somatoform disorders are characterized by physical symptoms that have no known physiological causes. The symptom is not under voluntary control, it is unconscious. Dissociative disorders is when an individual experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory, and identity. Pain disorder psychological factors play a significant role in the onset and maintenance of pain. Iat ric disability the belief that one is disabled when they are not for the sake of attention and benefits that comes with being disabled. Body dysmorphic disorder preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defects in physical appearance. Co-morbid with depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and social phobia. Hypochondriasis preoccupation with fears of having serious illness. Once you are a hypochondric, you probably will be it for the rest of your life. Conversion disorder sensory or motor symptoms without any physiological cause.
