PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Factitious Disorder Imposed On Self, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Jacqueline Spector

Document Summary

Physical complaints or disabilities that suggest a medical problem but have no known biological cause. Hypochondriasis: people become alarmed about any physical symptom they detect and are convinced that they have or are about to have a serious illness (exaggerate physical symptoms) Pain disorder: intense pain that is either out of proportion to whatever medical condition the person might have or for which no physical basis can be found. Conversion disorder: serious neurological symptoms, such as paralysis, loss of sensation, or blindness, suddenly occur. Predisposition may involve a combination of biological and psychological vulnerabilities. Genetics, environmental learning, and social reinforcement for bodily symptoms. Higher in other cultures, that discourage open discussion of emotions. Munchausen syndrome is the most severe type of factitious disorder. La belle indifference way to detect; not defensive when questioned about sumptoms. People with this syndrome deliberately produce or exaggerate symptoms in several ways. Diagnosing munchausen syndrome is very difficult because of the dishonesty that is involved.