psych exam two - chapter six

somatic symptom disorder

syndrome marked by health concerns that are excessive given actual physical health, that persist despite contrary evidence, and that interfere with daily living

• experience one or more somatic symptoms that cause significant distress and/or impairment

• excessive worry about the symptoms and/or excessive time and energy devoted to the health concerns

cognitive behavioral therapy

systematic desensitization or exposure therapy

psychodynamic treatment

provide insight into links between emotions and physical symptoms

behavioral therapies

identify and eliminate reinforcements from symptoms

factitious disorder

deliberately faking an illness

dissociative identity disorder

syndrome in which a person develops more than one distinct identity or personality, each of which can have distinct facial and verbal expressions, gestures, interpersonal styles, attitudes, and even physiological responses

comorbidity of dissociative identity disorder

ptsd

most common contributor of dissociative identity disorder

bad childhoods

dissociative amnesia

Loss of memory for important facts about a person’s own life and personality identity, usually including the awareness of this memory loss.

organic amnesia

Loss of memory caused by brain injury resulting from disease, drugs, accidents, or surgery.

anterograde amnesia

Deficit in the ability to learn new information

psychogenic amnesia

Loss of memory in the absence of any brain injury or

disease and thought to have psychological causes.

retrograde amnesia

Deficit in the ability to recall previously learned information or past events.

depersonalization/derealization disorder

Frequent episodes of feeling detached from one’s own body and mental processes, as if one were an outside observer of oneself; symptoms must cause significant distress or interference with one’s ability to function.

depersonalization/derealization disorder causes and diagnosis

Causes—Significant stressor, sleep deprivation, or the influence of drugs.

• Have a history of childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.