PSY240H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Anna O., Somatization, Malingering
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Somatoform disorders: the individual complains of bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect or dysfunction but with no physiological basis. Dissociative disorders: the individual experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory and identity. Complex somatic symptom disorder (ccsd): the common rubric for all the somatoform disorders suggested by the work group (for dsm v). The person experiences (physical) pain that causes significant distress and impairment because of psychological factors. Hard to diagnosis accurately because the subjective experience of pain is always a psychologically influenced phenomenon. Central changes in pain disorder: a recent case of a woman whose prefrontal, cingulated, and insular cortex regions are decreased, which caused pain disorder. A person is preoccupied with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance (face). Eliminating mirrors from homes/ wearing loose clothing/frequent plastic surgeons. Usually happens on late adolescent women; co-exists with depression, social phobia, eating disorders, thoughts of suicide, and substance/personality disorders.
