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Dissociative Disorders and Somatoform Disorders

Dissociative Disorders and Somatoform Disorders . Somatoform Disorders. Psychological disorders in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause. Definition . Physical symptoms like headaches, fleeting j oint pains, but nothing physically wrong.

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Dissociative Disorders and Somatoform Disorders

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  1. Dissociative Disorders and Somatoform Disorders

  2. Somatoform Disorders

  3. Psychological disorders in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause. Definition

  4. Physical symptoms like headaches, fleeting joint pains, but nothing physically wrong. • Victims truly believe they are sick and symptoms appear. Hypochondrias

  5. Change or conversion of a psychological factor like anxiety into an actual loss of physical function • Ex. Blindness, mute, laryngitis, or paralysis Conversion Disorder

  6. Stress leads to actual physical problems like • Asthma, ulcers, headaches, and high blood pressure Psychosomatic Disorders

  7. Individuals in some way break away from their sense of self- from memories, thoughts, or feelings Dissociative Disorders

  8. Memory loss is a reaction to a specific stressful event. • Ex. Combat soldiers • Survivors of natural disasters • Abuse Dissociative Amnesia

  9. The loss of one’s identity is accompanied by travel. • People may assume a completely different identity. • Ex. Pg554 and Oprah’s case Dissociative Fugue

  10. A person exhibits two or more distinctive personalities. • They may differ in age, sex, and perception of physical characteristics. • Prior to 1970’s fewer than 100 cases had been reported where in the 1980’s alone 20,000 cases were diagnosed. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRY7Oj-dl3o Dissociative Identity Disorder

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