Chapter 6 Flashcards
What are somatic symptom disorders?
a syndrome marked by health
excessive concerns, given actual physical health,
that persist despite contrary evidence and that interfere
with daily functioning
What is illness anxiety disorder
a form of anxiety characterized by
a preoccupation with fears of having a severe medical illness based on misinterpretations of bodily sensations
(formerly called hypochondriasis)
What is conversion disorder?
a syndrome marked by a sudden loss of
functioning in a part of the body, usually following an
extreme psychological stressor
What is factitious disorder?
disorder marked by deliberately faking
physical or mental illness to gain medical attention
What is malingering?
feigning of a symptom or a disorder for the
purpose of avoiding an unwanted situation, such as
military service
What is factitious disorder imposed on another?
disorder in which
the individual creates an illness in another individual in
order to gain attention
What is dissociation?
process whereby different facets of an
individual’s sense of self, memories, or consciousness
become split off from one another
What is DID?
syndrome in which
a person develops more than one distinct identity or
personality, each of which can have distinct facial and
verbal expressions, gestures, interpersonal styles,
attitudes, and even physiological responses
What is dissociative amnesia?
loss of memory for important facts
about a person’s own life and personal identity, usually
including the awareness of this memory loss
What is organic amnesia?
loss of memory caused by brain injury
resulting from disease, drugs, accidents (blows to
head), or surgery
What is anterograde amnesia?
deficit in the ability to learn new
information
What is psychogenic amnesia?
loss of memory in the absence of any
brain injury or disease and thought to have
psychological causes
What is retrograde amnesia?
deficit in the ability to recall previously
learned information or past events
What is dissociative fugue?
disorder in which a person moves away
and assumes a new identity, with amnesia for the
previous identity
What is depersonalization/derealization disorder?
syndrome marked
by frequent episodes of feeling detached from one’s own
body and mental processes, as if one were an outside
observer of oneself; symptoms must cause significant
distress or interference with one’s ability to function
