PSC 168 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Factitious Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Somatoform disorder: a physical illness or ailment that is explained largely by psychosocial causes, in which the patient experiences no sense of wanting or guiding the symptoms. A history of many physical complaints, beginning before the age of 30, that occur over a period of several years and result in treatment being sought or in significant impairment. Physical complaints over the period include all of the following. Physical complaints not fully explained by a known general medical condition or a drug, or extending beyond the usual impact of such a condition. Dissociative disorder: patterns of memory loss and identity change that are caused almost entirely by psychosocial factors rather than physical ones. Hysterical somatoform disorders: somatoform disorders in which people suffer actual changes in their physical functioning. Conversion disorder: a somatoform disorder in which a psychosocial need or conflict is converted into dramatic physical symptoms that affect voluntary motor or sensory functioning.
