PSYB32H3 Chapter 7: CHAPTER 7
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Somatoform disorders: bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect or dysfunction, but no physiological basis can be found. More common than dissociative, which are rare. psychological factors play a significant role in the onset and maintenance of pain. significant grey-matter decreases in the prefrontal, cingulated, and insular cortex, regions of the brain known to be critically involved in the modulation of subjective pain. dsm includes three subtypes: pain disorder associated psychological factors. Pain disorder associated with both psychological factors and a general medical. Condition: pain disorder associated with a general medical condition. dsm specifiers: acute (less than 6 months in duration) Iatrogenic disability: person will avoid unpleasant activities to secure attention and sympathy. people with actual pain find it easier to localize the pain and can identify variables that make the pain worse or better, but people with pain disorder generalize the pain and claim every part of the body hurts.
