PSYCH 270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Psychogenic Amnesia
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8. 1 define symptoms of dd and somatic symptom-related disorder. Key changes dissociative amnesia lack of conscious access to memory, typically a stressful experience. The fugue subtype involves loss of memory for one"s entire past or identity. Fugue is now a subtype of dissociative amnesis, rather than a separate diagnosis depersonalization/derealizati on disorder. Alteration in expereince of self and reality. Derealization added as a symptom dissociative identity disorder. More specific personaities that act independently of each other criterion wording. Added criterion that symptoms aren"t part of a broadly recognized bulture or religion practice. Somatic symptom disorder excessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors related to somatic symptoms. Conversion disorder unwarranted fears about a serious illness despite absence of any significant somatic symptoms neurological symptoms that cannot be explained by medical disease or culturally sanctioned behavior. Symptoms don"t have to be medically unexplained. Pain is now a specifier, not separate diagnosis.
