PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Borderline Personality Disorder, Nicholas Spanos, Natural Disaster
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Somatoform disorders: individual complains of bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect or dysfunction but no physiological basis can be found. Dissociative disorders: individual experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory, and identity (hearing voices, having multiple identities) Pain disorder- onset and maintenance of pain caused largely by psychological factors. Unable to work and may become dependent on pain killers or tranquilizers. Pain may have temporal relation to some conflict or stress. May allow individual to avoid some unpleasant activity and to secure attention and sympathy not otherwise available. Body dysmorphic disorder- preoccupation with imagined/exaggerated defects in appearance. Frequently in the face (facial wrinkles, excess facial hair, or the shape/size of nose) Women tend to focus on the skin, hips, breasts, and legs. Men believe they are too short, genitals are too small, or they have too much body hair. Some may spend hours each day checking their defects in the mirror.