Lecture 22 part 2

Somatic Symptom Disorder

biopsychosocial

There are _______ causes for Somatic Symptom Disorder (associations with genetic heritability, hyperarousal/hypervigilance, ANS dysregulation, traumatic events, and ACEs)

• Negative

• inhibition

• uncertainty

• Emotional

• sensitivity

Some temperament/personality characteristics associated with Somatic Symptom Disorder:

• ______ affectivity

• Behavioural _______

• Fear of ______

• _____ unawareness/instability

• Anxiety ______

internalizing, all

Somatic Symptom Disorder, anxiety and depression are all dimensions of _______ disorders and a treatment for one tends to work for ______

• serotonergic

• self

• insight

• mood

• empathy

• evidence

• effects

Psychedelic-assisted therapy:

• People are given _____ hallucinogens as part of psychotherapy

• Effects:

  • Reduces the focus on the narrative ______

  • Increases introspection and psychological ______

  • Positive ______ changes and sense of unity/connectedness

  • Improvements in personality traits like openness and ______

• Why:

  • Good ______ for treatment-resistant disorders

  • Very little risk of overdose, long-term side _____, or addiction for serotonergic hallucinogens

Clusters B and C

For which personality clusters does psychedelic-assisted therapy work?

• trips

• manic

• risks

• adolescent

• consent

Some concerns with psychedelic-assisted therapy:

• Bad _____

• Iatrogenic psychotic/______ symptoms

• Medical ______ of MDMA and ketamine

• Possible negative effect on developing ______ brain

• Informed ______