PSYC 245 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fugue State, Disconnection, Psychoanalysis
15 Nov 2016
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Describe the key features of these major types of dissociative disorders: dissociative identity disorder, dissociative amnesia, and depersonalization/derealization disorder. Explain why the concept of dissociative identity disorder is controversial. Describe different theoretical perspectives on dissociative disorders. Describe the treatment of dissociative identity disorder. Describe the key features of these types of somatic symptom and related disorders: somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, conversion disorder, and factitious disorder. Explain the difference between malingering and factitious disorder. Describe the key features of koro and dhat syndromes. Describe the theoretical understandings of somatic symptom and related disorders. Describe methods used to treat somatic symptom and related disorders. Some cases: host personality is unaware of the existence of the other identities, but they are aware of the host. Other cases: different personalities are completely unaware of one another: controversies: Massive use of repression, resulting in the splitting off from consciousness of unacceptable impulses and painful memories.
