PSYC 3140 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 - Somatoform & Dissociative Disorders
12 Dec 2011
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Soma means body and the problems preoccupying these people seem to be initially physical disorders. There is usually no identifiable medical condition causing the physical complaint. Dissociative experience individuals sometimes feel detached from their body: if experiences are so intense and extreme that they lose their memory or and as if they are dreaming sense of reality dissociative disorders. Used to be categorized under one general heading hysterical neurosis. Associated with women and dramatic or histrionic behaviour. Freud suggested conversion hysteria the conversion of unconscious emotional conflicts into a more acceptable form. Neurosis specific cause for certain disorders. Neurotic disorders resulted from underlying unconscious conflicts and the implementation of ego defence mechanisms. Five basic somatoform disorders: hypochondriasis, somatization disorder, conversion disorder, pain disorder, body dysmorphic disorder. Somatoform disorder involving severe anxiety over the belief that the person has a disease process without any evident physical cause.
