PSYC 3140 Chapter 6: Ch 6 - Somatic Symptom & Dissociative Disorders

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3140
• Professor: Gerald Goldberg

Document Summary

Somatic symptom disorder someone who exaggerates the slightest physical symptom there is an excessive or maladaptive response to physical symptoms or to associated health concerns. Dissociative disorders feel (cid:862)deta(cid:272)hed(cid:863) fro(cid:373) (cid:455)ourself or surrou(cid:374)di(cid:374)gs; feel as if the(cid:455) are drea(cid:373)i(cid:374)g. Both: hysterical neurosis; physical symptom without known organic cause, or to dramatic or histrionic behaviour thought to be characteristic of women. Conversion hysteria freud; unexplained physical symptoms indicated the conversion of unconscious emotional conflicts into a more acceptable form. Neurosis underlying unconscious conflicts, anxiety that resulted from those conflicts, implementation of ego defense mechanism too vague, applied to almost all nonpsychotic disorders. Somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, psychological factors affecting medical condition, conversion disorder and factitious disorder (dsm-5; 5: somatic symptom disorder - chronic. People do not feel the urgency to take action but continually feel weak and ill, avoid exercise, thinking it will make them worse.