PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Sick Role, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
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In first canadian census conducted in the states the only disease was insanity: condition of slaves in the deep south characterized by the deep need for freedom, it was considered to pathological. Phobia is fine if avoiding the phobia. Panic disorder is free floating and randomly appears. Dissociative disorders people are numb the anxiety is so strong it fragments the personality. Suggest comfort of home: people with panic disroders are very sensitive to autonomic changes, people who are low on self-efficacy are oversensitive to threats. Your survival means someone else had to die. Phobias: simple phobias, social phobia, most common found phobias: Alcohol or drugs used to calm in social settings. Weave tail of illness other than gaining admission to a hospital. Individual wants to expunge guilt they have felt for things in past. Deep grudges against medical community, feel superiority over medical personals eyes. Proxy -> inflict pain on others and then save them: conversion.
