PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Factitious Disorder
31 Jan 2019
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Psych 257 - chapter 6 - somatic symptoms and dissociative disorders. Dissociative disorders: sensations in detachments of consciousness or identity. Both disorders above = strongly linked historically and share common features. Somatic symptom disorder and related disorders five basic somatic symptom and related disorders: somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, Psychological factors affecting medical condition, conversion disorder, factitious disorder. People with this disorder do not always feel urgency to take action, but continually feel weak and ill they avoid exercising, thinking it will make them worse their entire life revolves around their symptoms. Not knowing how to relate to people except in context of discussing her symptoms. Experience of severe pain in which psychological factors play major role in maintaining or exacerbating the pain important factor: psychological/behavioural factors (anxiety and distress) are compounding severity and impairment associated with physical symptoms. Concern: primarily with idea of being sick instead of physical symptom itself.
