PSY285 Chapter 8
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- 2. 2Chapter 8Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders
- 3. 3Chapter Main PointsDissociative DisordersDissociative Disorders: Theory and TherapySomatoform DisordersSomatoform Disorders: Theory and Therapy
- 4. 4Dissociative DisordersDissociative Amnesia:Anterograde amnesiaSelective amnesiaIndifferenceAbility to recover memories
- 5. 5Dissociative DisordersPatterns of Memory Loss:Localized amnesiaSelective amnesiaGeneralized amnesiaContinuous amnesiaSystematic amnesia
- 6. 6Dissociative DisordersDissociative Fugue:Person forgets all or most of his/her pastSudden, unexpected trip away from home
- 7. 7Dissociative DisordersDissociative identity disorder (DID)Personality breaks up into 2 or more distinct identities or personality states which take turns controlling the person’s behavior
- 8. 8Dissociative DisordersDissociative Identity Disorder (DID):Host:the personality corresponding to who the person was before the onset of the disorderAlters:the later-developing personalities
- 9. 9Dissociative DisordersDepersonalization Disorder:Involves a disruption of personal identityDepersonalizationa sense of strangeness or unreality in oneselfDerealizationa feeling of strangeness about the world
- 10. 10Dissociative Disorders: Theory and TherapyThe Psychodynamic Perspective:Dissociation as defenseTreating dissociationThe Behavioral and Sociocultural Perspectives:Learning to dissociateNonreinforcement
- 11. 11Dissociative Disorders: Theory and TherapyThe Cognitive Perspective:Memory dysfunctionRetrieval failureThe Biological Perspective:Brain dysfunctionDrug treatment
- 12. 12Somatoform DisordersSomatoform Disorders:Psychological conflicts that take on a somatic, or physical form
- 13. 13Somatoform DisordersBody Dysmorphic Disorder:Preoccupation with an imagined or a grossly exaggerated defect in appearanceHypochondriasis:A fear of disease that is maintained by constant misinterpretation of physical signs and sensations as abnormal
- 14. 14Somatoform DisordersSomatization Disorder:Numerous and recurrent physical complaints that begin by age 30That persist for several yearsThat cause the person to seek medical treatment by cannot be explained medically
- 15. 15Somatoform DisordersPain Disorder:Pain that is more severe or persistent than can be explained by medical causesPsychological factors are assumed to play a rolePsychiatric symptoms
- 16. 16Somatoform DisordersConversion Disorder:Actual disability without organic pathology that would explain the disabilityPrimary gainSecondary gain
- 17. 17Somatoform DisordersSigns of Conversion Disorder:Rapid appearance of symptoms, especially after psychological trauma“La belle Indifference”Selective symptoms, often differing from organic symptoms of physical illness
- 18. 18Somatoform Disorders:actual nerve pathways vs. glove anaesthesia
- 19. 19Somatoform Disorders: Theory and TherapyThe Psychodynamic Perspective:Somatizing as conflict resolutionUncovering conflictThe Behavioral and Sociocultural PerspectivesThe sick roleTreatment by nonreinforcement
- 20. 20Somatoform Disorders: Theory and TherapyThe Cognitive Perspective:Overattention to the bodyTreatment: challenging faulty beliefsThe Biological Perspective:Genetic studiesBrain dysfunctionDrug treatment
- 21. 21Recapping the Main PointsDissociative DisordersDissociative Disorders: Theory and TherapySomatoform DisordersSomatoform Disorders: Theory and Therapy
- 22. 22End of Chapter 8Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders