PSY240H1 Chapter Notes -Somatic Symptom Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Somatization Disorder
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Launched psychoanalysis as a form of psychotherapy. Consider these disorders as an extreme form of escape dissociation, a process in which different parts of an individual"s identity, memories, or consciousness split off from one another. Group of disorders in which people experience significant physical symptoms for which there is no apparent organic cause. Individual truly experience these symptoms, and they do not go away until psychological problems are solved. Easier to identify when: there are clear psychological factors that precipitate physiological symptoms, when examination can prove symptoms are not physiologically possible (ex. pseudocyesis, false pregnancy) Subjective experience of many physical symptoms with no organic cause. Actual and psychological factors seem to be contributing to the illness. Deliberate faking of physical symptoms to avoid an unpleasant situation (ex. military duty) Deliberate faking of physical illness to gain medical attention. Parents faked or even created illnesses in their children to gain attention for themselves.
