PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms, Psychogenic Amnesia, Body Dysmorphic Disorder
27 May 2015
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Symptoms of somatic disorders: single impairment (paralysis, multiple physical symptoms (pain, preoccupation with a single disease (cancer) Psychodynamic view uses primary and secondary gain to explain these disorders. Primary gain is when bodily symptoms keep internal con icts out of awareness. Man is angry and has fear about expressing this anger will have paralysis of the arm. Secondary gain is when bodily symptoms enable them to avoid unpleasant activities. Conversion paralysis for a solider who does not want to do combat duty. The oncoming of rewards means more prominent symptoms. People who are also familiar with an illness will adopt its symptoms. Cognitive view shows that these disorders are forms of communication. For other people to understand the emotions the individual nds dif cult to convey. Multicultural view thinks that these somatic reactions are an inferior way of dealing with emotions.
