Abnormal psychology Somatic symptoms and dissociative disorders

somatic symptom disorders

experiencing significant physical symptoms for which there is no apparent organic cause

[physiological factors

in somatic symptom disorders symptoms are a result of

significant distress and/or impairment

somatic symptoms occur when someone experiences one or more somatic symptoms that cause

health concerns

People with somatic symptom disorders worry about symptoms and/or excessive time and energy devoted to

true

true/false - for some people with somatic symptoms disorder their symptoms may include pain

illness anxiety disorder

what disease was formerly called hypochondriasis

a serious illness

illness anxiety disorder is exemplified by worry of having or developing what

true

true/false - in illness anxiety disorder somatic symptoms may or may not be present

alarm and seeking medical care

In illness anxiety disorder mild symptoms lead to what

illness anxiety disorder

a person who displays excessive health-related behaviors most likely has what

somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder

cognitive factors and dysfunctional beliefs play a strong role for the theory of what diseases

PTSD

what places people at risk of developing somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder

Psychodynamic therapies

provide insight into the connection between emotional and physical symptoms.

behavioral therapies

reward healthy behaviors and remove rewards related to symptoms

cognitive therapies

challenge catastrophizing and learn to interpret physical symptoms appropriately

conversion disorder

Functional neurological symptom disorder is also known as what

neurological functioning

conversion disorder causes a loss of what in a sensory or motor area of the body without physical cause

symptoms of conversion disorder

paralysis , tremors, blindness, mutism, nonepileptic seizures, loss of hearing, severe loss of coordination, and anesthesia in a limb

glove anesthesia

what causes loss of all feeling in the hand

psychic energy

Freudian perspective believes that what is repressed emotions is transferred to a part of the body

primary gain

physical symptoms allow person to avoid anxiety

secondary gain

attention from others, relieved of obligations

Behavioral perspective

alleviates stress by removing individual from the environment

psychoanalytic perspective

helps clients express painful emotions or memories that are linked to symptoms

cognitive-behavioral approaches

relieving a person’s anxiety

initial trauma

cognitive-behavioral perspective centers on what which caused the conversion symptoms

Munchausen’s syndrome

Factitious disorder may also be called what

gain attention

factitious disorder is deliberate faking of an illness to what

malingering

faking a symptom or a disorder in order to avoid something or to gain something

dissociation

a process where components of mental experience are split from consciousness but remain accessible through dreams and hypnosis

active and passive receptive mode

what are the 2 modes of consciousness

active mode

Conscious plans and desires and voluntary actions

Passive receptive mode

Registers and stores information in memory without being aware that the information has been processed

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

What disease was formally called multiple personality disorder

alters

having two or more distinct personality states is called what

DID

what disorder affects behavior, consciousness, memory, perception, cognition, and sensory-motor functioning

impairments in memory

what does DID lead to then in inconsistent with what we do normally

self-injury

what is common in DID, and often the reason help is sought

extreme trauma

DID is a result of coping strategies used by persons faced with what

dissociate

Abused children who develop DID may more easily ____ as evidenced by being more hypnotizable

one coherent personality

One treatment for DID is to integrate all alters into what

trust healthy relationships

One treatment for DID is to help rebuild the capacity for what

dissociative amnesia

Inability to recall important autobiographical information, typically of a traumatic nature

Organic amnesia

caused by brain injury. This is exemplified by an inability to remember new information

psychogenic amnesia

arises in the absence of any brain injury or disease and has psychological causes

retrograde amnesia

the inability to remember information from the past

Depersonalization/derealization disorder

can be identified with episodic feelings of detachment from one's own mental processes or body, like an outside observer of oneself

causes of depersonalization disorder

Significant stressor, sleep deprivation or the influence of drugs

diagnosis of depersonalization disorder

Episodes frequent and distressing and interfere with the ability to function