Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Depersonalization Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

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Chapter 5: somatic symptom, dissociative and factitious disorders. Are characterized by excessive thoughts, feelings and behaviours related to somatic symptoms. People who experience this do feel real pain but their pain cannot be explained medically. Was o(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:272)alled h(cid:455)ste(cid:396)ia o(cid:396) b(cid:396)i(cid:395)uet"s s(cid:455)(cid:374)d(cid:396)o(cid:373)e. The condition is defined as the presence of one or more somatic symptoms plus abnormal and excessive thoughts, feelings and behaviour regarding the symptoms. Physical complaints result in excessive health concerns and persistently high anxiety a(cid:271)out o(cid:374)e"s health. More dramatic are the pseudo neurological symptoms such as psychogenic seizures. Consists of symptoms of altered motor or sensory function: sudden paralysis or blindness, produced unintentionally and cannot be fully explained. Most common group of symptoms is the motor symptoms or deficits such as impaired coordination or balance, paralysis, tremor, gait abnormality and abnormal limb posturing. Globus may include aphonia, sensations of choking, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath or feelings of suffocation.