CLP 3144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sickness Behavior, Derealization, Ernest Hilgard

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Clinical and Health Psychology
• Course: CLP 3144
• Professor: K E N S W A N

Document Summary

Somatic symptom and dissociative disorders on continuum: bertha pappenheim, anna o suffered from dsm-5"s somatic. Experience physiological symptoms resulting from painful emotions/memories: dissociative disorders ppl develop multiple separate personalities or completely lose their memory from specific times of their life. New to dsm-5, combines a number of diagnoses. Theories of somatic and illness disorders: cognitive factors play strong role. Ppl are dysfunctional beliefs about illnesses, assuming they are common and misinterpret physical changes in themselves. Somatic people tend to experience bodily sensations more intensely and pay more attention to ppl with symptoms. Conscious registers and stores info in memory without being aware that the info has been processed. Conducted enviro studes where we don"t notice division between them: active and receptive modes weave our experiences together, dissociative identity disorder did. Ppl appear to have more than one distince identity/ personality state. Each personality perceives differently relating to the world and takes control over the individual"s behavior.