PSYCH 270 Study Guide - Final Guide: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
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There are three main categories of dissociative disorders in dsm-5: depersonalization disorders, detachment from self or surrounding, dissociative personality disorder. In ability to recall important personal information which typically is short in duration. Somatic symptom disorder is a set of disorders that all surround excessive worry of health and disease. There are three main disorders: somatic symptom disorder, manifests as excessive anxiety, energy, or beahvior which lasts for at least 6 months and can be diagnosed regardless of medical diagnosis, must last for at least 6 months. Illness anxiety disorder: preoccupation with fear of potentially having a medical condition, which causes distress to the individual and must be maladaptive while leading to the seeking of medical consultation. They often doctor shop and see a lot of specialists: preoccupation with health must last at least 6 months, conversion disorder, the individual randomly aquires a medical condition which is not diagnosed/explained by other medical issues.
