PSY BEH 102C Chapter 5: CHAPTER 5 - Book Notes
19 Feb 2019
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Pathologically concerned with appearance of functioning of their bodies and brings concerns to doctors. Doctors find no medical basis for these complaints. Wide ranging pattern of physical complaints that dominate life and relationships. Physical malfunctioning (ex: paralysis, blindness, difficulty speaking) Treatment = process trauma, freudian psychodynamic view: remove secondary gains. Psychological factors play role in physical suffering. Characterized by alteration in perceptions, sense of detachment from own self, world, etc. Alters = different identities; host = identity that keeps other identities together; switch = transition from one personality to another. Causes = severe trauma, ptsd; did acts as mechanism to escape traumatizing impacts. Treatments = reintegration of identities; identify and neutralize cues that trigger dissociation; patient may have to relive and confront trauma. Unable to remember anything, unable to recall specific events that occur during a specific period or localized time.
