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| Dissociative and somatoform- how are they alike and different? |
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| Somatoform complains of physical symptoms with no organic cause. Dissociative is mainly mental and emotional |
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| Somatoform disorder essential feature |
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physical symptoms closely mimic medical conditions in the absence of organic etiology.
2% prevalence in women .2 in men |
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| Face symptoms to obtain specific goal |
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| Intentionally produces illness with no goal |
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| Somatization Disorder DSM-IV_TR |
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1. No physical basis
2. Wary in duration, body part, type
3.4 pain 2 gi 1 sexual 1 psuedo neuro
4. Dr. Shop and get unneccessary surgeries. |
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| Conversion disorder DSM_IV_TR |
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Person complains of impairment in sensory-motor functions w/ no underlying cause.
Prevalence 1-3% mostly from poor women.
paralysis, diziness, imbalance, siezures, sight and hearing.
They truly believe they have these medical conditions wrong with them. |
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Preoccupation with imagined defects of appearance in normal appearing people.
Causes significant distress or impairment.
Prevalence 1-2% or 8% in depressed patients. Equal for men and women |
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| Obsession over appearance could crate unneccessary routines similar to those with OCD. |
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| Disruption in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception. |
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Failure to recall previously stored PERSONAL information.
LOST- personal life history and important facts about identity.
KEPT- basic habitual patterns. eating, sleeping... etc. |
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| Loss of selective details or events |
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| Can't recall events between a specific time. |
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| Cant remember anything about past life. |
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| Can't remember specific types of information. |
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| Confusion about identity followed by unexpected travel from home. May assume a new identity. Varies in degree. |
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| Depersonalization Disorder |
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Definition
Feeling of unreality concerning self or environment.
Most common in response to stress and anxiety.
Body feels detached. |
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| Dissociative Identity Disorder |
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Definition
Multiple personality.
At least 2
Controversial because it is hard to believe. only found in US and Canada.
Vulnerabilities-
women
early childhood trauma
relate to depersonalization, drug use and suicide. |
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