PSYB32H3 Chapter : PSYB32 Ch 7
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Somatoform disorder, the person complains of bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect/dysfunction sometimes rather dramatic in nature, but for no physiological basis can be found. Dissociative disorders, the person experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory, and identity. Pain disorder, the person experiences pain that causes significant distress and impairment; psychological factors are viewed as playing an important role on the onset, maintenance, and severity of pain. Body dysmorphic disorder (bdd), a person is preoccupied w/ an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance, frequently in the face e. g. wrinkles, excess facial hair, or the shape/size of nose, > women tend to focus on hips, skin, breast, legs. Hypochondriasis, a somatoform disorder where the person is preoccupied w/ persistent fears of having a serious disease, despite medical reassurance to teh contrary. E. g. they make catastrophic interpretations of symptoms such as believing that a red blotch on the skin is skin cancer.
