PSYC 3430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Autonomic Nervous System, Dsm-5, Operant Conditioning
6 Feb 2016
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Psyc 3140 chapter 7 (somatoform and dissociative disorders) Somatoform disorders problems that appear to be medical but are actually caused by psychosocial factors; psychological disorders masquerading as physical problems. Dissociate disorders patterns of memory loss and identity change that are caused almost entirely by psychological factors rather than physical ones. Both, may occur in response to severe stress, often occur together. A pattern of physical complaints with largely psychosocial causes. Hysterical somatoform disorder an actual change in physical functioning. Preoccupation somatoform disorder people who are healthy mistakenly worry that there is something physically wrong with them: suffer actual changes in their physical functioning, hard to distinguish from genuine medical problems, three hysterical somatoform disorders: conversion disorder, Hysterical somatoform disorder somatisation disorder, pain disorder associated with psychological factors: conversion disorder: A psychosocial conflict or need is converted into dramatic physical symptoms that affect voluntary motor or sensory functioning. Often seem neurological such as paralysis, blindness, loss of.
