PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Factitious Disorder
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Somatoform and dissociative disorders are related to anxiety disorders in that, in early versions of the dsm, all these disorders were subsumed under the heading of neuroses because anxiety was considered the predominant underlying factors in each case. In somatoform disorders the individual complains of bodily symptoms that suggest a physical defect or dysfunction sometimes rather dramatic in nature but for which no physiological basis can be found. In dissociative disorders, the individual experiences disruptions of consciousness, memory, and identity. Soma means, body. in somatoform disorders, psychological problems take a physical form. The physical symptoms have no known physiological explanation and are not under voluntary control. They are thought to be liked to psychological factors, presumably anxiety, and are assumed to be psychologically caused. This category has been controversial ever since the release of dsm-iv. Indeed, a group of prominent researchers presented the radical argument that somatoform disorders should be removed from the pending dsm-5.