PSYB32H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7
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Chapter 7 - somatic symptoms disorders and dissociate disorders. Somatoform disorders: the individual complains of bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect or dysfunction but for which there is no physiological basis. Dissociative disorder: the individual experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory, and identity, as illustrated in the opening case study. The onset of both classes of disorders is typically related to some stressful experience, and the two classes sometimes co-occur. Somatoform and dissociative disorders are related to anxiety b/c in the early versions of the dsm, all these disorders were under the heading of neuroses b/c anxiety was considered the predominant underlying factor in each case. Thought to be linked to anxiety and all psychologically caused. 2 main somatoform disorders: conversion disorder & somatisation disorder. Overall dsm-iv categories of somatoform disorder: pain disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriasis, conversion disorder, somatization disorder. Pain disorder - person experiences pain that causes significant distress & impairment.
