Chapter 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
dissociative identity disorder
dissociative disorder in which a person has two or more distinct or alternate personalities
dissociative amnesia
type of dissociative disorder in which a person experiences memory losses in the absence of any identifiable organic cause. general knowledge and skills are usually retained
malingering
faking illness to avoid or escape work or other duties, or to obtain benefits
depersonalization
feelings of unreality or detachment from one’s self or one’s body, as if one were a robot or functioning on automatic pilot or observing oneself from outside
derealization
loss of the sense of reality of one’s surroundings, experienced in terms of strange changes in one’s environment (e.g., people or objects changing size or shape) or in the sense of the passing of time
depersonalization/derealization disorder
disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent episodes of depersonalization
somatic symptom and related disorders
disorders in which people complain of physical (somatic) problems although no physical abnormality can be found
conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)
a disorder characterized by symptoms or deficits that affect the ability to control voluntary movements or that impair sensory functions and that are inconsistent or incompatible with known medical conditions or diseases. formerly called hysteria or hysterical neurosis
la belle indifference
french term describing the lack of concern over one’s symptoms displayed by some people with conversion disorder but also by people with real physical disorders
illness anxiety disorder
a disorder characterized by a preoccupation with the fear of having or belief that one has a serious medical illness, but no medical basis for the complaints can be found
somatic symptom disorder
a disorder involving one or more somatic symptoms which cause excessive concern to the extent that it affects the individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours in daily life
factitious disorder
type of psychological disorder characterized by the intentional fabrication of psychological or physical symptoms for no apparent gain
koro syndrome
culture-bound somatoform disorder, found primarily in China, in which people fear that their genitals are shrinking and retracting into the body
dhat syndrome
usually diagnosed among young Indian men who describe an intense fear or anxiety over the loss of semen
