BCh 8 Somatic Symptoms and Dissociative Disorders

Question 1

alteridentities

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in a person with dissociative identity disorder, personalities other than the host perosnality

Question 2

conversion disorder

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patterns in which symptoms of some physcial malfunction or loss of control appear without any underlying organic patholody, originally called hysteria

Question 3

depersonalizaiton

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temporary loss of sense of one’s own self and one’s own reality

Question 4

depersonalization/derealization disorder

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dissociative disorder in which episodes of depersonalization and derealization become persistent and recurrent

Question 5

derealization

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experinece in which the external world is perceived as distordd and alcking a stable and palpable existence

Question 6

dissociative amnesia

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psychogenically cause memory failure

Question 7

dissociative disorders

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conditions involing a disruption in an individuals normally integrated functions of consciouesness, memory, or identity

Question 8

dissociative fugue

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dissociative amnesic state in which the perosn is not only amnesic for some or all aspects of his or her past but also departs form home surroundings

Question 9

dissociative identitiy disorder

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condition in which person manifests at least two or more distinct identites or personalit states that alternate in some way in taking control of beahvior, formerly called multiple personality disorder

Question 10

facticious disorder

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feigning of symtoms to maintain perosnal beenfits that a sick role may provide, including the attetion and concern of medical personnel or family members

Question 11

facticious disorder imposed on another

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a variant of factitious disorder in wich person induces medical or psychological symtooms in another perosn who is uder his or her care (usually a child)

Question 12

host identity

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identitiy in DID whihc is most frequently encountered and carries the persons real name. this is not usually the original identity and it may or may not be the best adjusted identity

Question 13

hypochondriasis

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preoccupation based on misinterpretation of bodily symtpoms with the fear that one has a serious disease

Question 14

hysteria

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older term for conversion disorder; involved appearance of symtoms of organic illness in absence ofany related organic pathology

Question 15

implicit memory

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memory that occurs below consicous level

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implicit perception

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oerception that occurse below conscious level

Question 17

malingering

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consicously faking illness or symtoms of disability to achieve some specific nonmedical objective

Question 18

pain disorder

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experience of pain of sufficient duration and severity to cause significant life disrution in absence ofmedical pathology that would explain it

Question 19

posttraumatic theory (of DID)

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view that DID states from childs attempt to cope w overwhelming sense of hopelessness and powerlessness in face of repeated traumatic abuse

Question 20

primary gain

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psychodynamic theory it is the goal achieved by symtoms of conversion disorder by keeping internal intrapsychic conflicts out of awareness. in contemporary terms it is the goal achieved by symtoms of convesion disorder by allowing person to escape streessfull situation

Question 21

secondary gain

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external circumstances that tend to reinforce maintenance of disability

Question 22

sociocognitive theory (of DID)

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view that DID develops when a highly suggestible person learnes to adopt and enact roles of multiple identities mostly because clinicians have inafvertently suggested, lefitimized, reinforced tem and because these different identities are geared to individuals own perosnal goals

Question 23

soma

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greek word for body

Question 24

somatic symptom

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symptoms pertaining the body

Question 25

somatization disorder

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multiple complaints over a long period beginnning bfore age 30 of physical ailments that are inadequately explained by independent findings of physicla illness or injury and that ead to medical treament or to significant life impairment

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somatoform disorders

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conditions involving physcila complains or disabilities that occur without any evidence of phsycial patholofy to account for them