PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Somatic Symptom Disorder
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Chapter 7 - somatic symptom disorders and dissociative disorders. Somatoform disorder medically unexplained and instead reflects psychological factors. 1971 train derailment that took place in le roy; spilling of tce exposure causes neurological symptoms in keeping with those experienced in le roy. But when there is an absence of physical and medical cause = somatoform disorder. Dsm-5 said that it cannot be determined conclusively if no physical or medical cause changed to somatic symptom disorder. Somatic symptom disorder individual complains of bodily symptoms that suggests a physical defect or dysfunction sometimes rather dramatic in nature but for which no physiological basis can be found. Psychological and physical functioning interact with each other. Dissociative disorders the individual experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory and identity. Pain disorder body dysmorphic disorder, and hypochondriasis the onset and maintenance of pain, caused largely by psychological factors. Body dysmorphic disorder preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defects in physical appearance.
