PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder
11 Aug 2012
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Somatoform and dissociative disorders were categorized with anxiety disorders earlier as neuroses because anxiety was considered an underlying factor or each case. After the dsm-iii classification was based on observable behaviour and they became separate. In anxiety disorders, anxiety is obvious, but in somatoform disorders anxiety is not so observable. Somatoform disorders the individual complains of bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect but for which no physiological basis can be found. In dissociative disorders the individual experiences disruptions in consciousness, memory, and identity. The onset of both disorders is related to some stressful experiences. The bodily symptoms of these disorders fall into two categories: arousal in autonomic nervous system accompanied by anxiety or depression, thoughts and intentions that are not consciously recognized. In pain disorder the person experiences significant pain with psychological factors playing a role in onset, maintenance, and severity.
