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Dissociative and Somatic Symptoms Flashcards

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Sigmund Freud explanation of dissociation

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Due to sexual trauma and impulses

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What is Dissociation

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Lack of normal integration of thoughts, identity, memory and consciousness

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Defining symptom of Dissociative Disorders

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Dissociation

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What are dissociative experiences linked to?

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Trauma and Distress

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Types of Dissociative Disorders

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Dissociative Amnesia (Dissociative fugue)
Depersonalization/ Derealization
Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Can’t recall significant personal info
There is no biological cause for memory issue

Sudden onset, related to trauma

5 patterns of memory loss

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5 patterns of memory loss

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Localized Amnesia
Selective Amnesia 
Continous Amnesia 
Systematized Amnesia 
Generalized Amnesia
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Localized Amnesia

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Can’t remember a specific time period (several hours to 1-2 days)

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Selective Amnesia

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Only some parts of a trauma can be remembered.

A veteran of a war may recall some details, such as taking prisoners, but not others, such as seeing a good friend get hit.

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Continuous Amnesia

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Can’t remember from a specific date to present day.

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Systematized Amnesia

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Certain categories of info are forgotten.

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Generalized Amnesia

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Person forgets entire life.

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Dissociative Fugue

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Forget identity and move away, assume new identity and start life over.

Sudden and unexpected travel away from home or work

Inability to recall past.

Must be differentiated from malingering

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Repressed Memories

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Controversial
Certain life events are repressed to help coping

False memory syndrome

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False Memory Syndrome

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People are made to remember events that never occurred, by therapists

Many people falsely accuse and imprison based on uncovered ‘repressed’ memories

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Depersonalization/ Derealization

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Depersonalization: sense of unreality/detachment from self

Derealization: disconnect with surroundings

Chronic
No memory or identity impairment

May be due to brain abnormalities in perceptual pathways

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

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Multiple Personality Disorder

2 or more personalities take over person’s behaviours.

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What triggers Switching between alters usually

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Stressful event or cue.

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How many alters must be present for diagnosis of DID

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At least 2

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Can alters be aware of each other?

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Yes they can be but not necessarily

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How many alters does an average DID patient have

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Host+ average of 13-16 ‘alters’

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Ethology of Dissociative Disorders

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Trauma Model
Socio-Cognitive Model
Pseudogenic Theory

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Trauma Model

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Diathesis-Stress Model

Result as a response to trauma and personality traits that predispose them to use dissociation as a defence mechanism

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Evidence to support trauma model

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Patients report higher rate of sexual abuse

Higher rate of dissociation among traumatized individuals

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Socio-Cogniotive Model

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Multiple personality is roleplaying due to selective reinforcement of symptoms

Leading questions and demand characteristics.

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Evidence for Socio-Cognitive Model

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DID is usually diagnosed in adulthood, not childhood, when it supposedly starts

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Pseudogenic Theory

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Occurs due to secondary gains

Financial gain
Legal benefits
Needy, attention-seeking behaviour

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Treatment

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Try to cope with stress and trauma better

Psychotherapy
Hypnosis
Medication

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Psychotherapy

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3 stages

Step 1: Build rapport
Step 2: Coping skills
Step 3: Reintegration of personalities

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Hypnosis

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Popular but criticized

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Medication

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Only helpful for comorbid disorders

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Somatic Symptom Disorders

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Physical symptoms, usually no physical cause

Physical cause may be present but psychological stress must be more

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Conversion Disorder

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Loss of functioning, despite no medical abnormality

Through medical examination needed prior to diagnosis to rule out a medical causes (Abnormal medical readings, inconsistencies and unusual symptom patterns. )

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Characteristics of Somatic Symptom Disorders (Long)

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Usually no physical cause

Preoccupation with minor symptoms (physical) and normal bodily functioning

No control over symptoms 
Many forms (sensory impairment, muscular issues)

5-20% of patients

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Prevalence of Conversion Disorder

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Characteristics of Somatic Symptom Disorders (Short)

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Cause
Preoccupation
Control
Forms

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Diagnosis of Somatic Symptom Disorder

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One or more somatic symptom +

Distress
Impairment
Presence/absence of medical condition

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Etiology of SSD

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High sensitivity to bodily sensations, blamed on disease

Not reassured by negative medical results

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Pain Subtype

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Main Symptom is pain
May/may not have physical cause but worry is excessive

Mindfulness and CBT help

Can be come dependent of painkillers

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Illness Anxiety Disorder

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Worry of disease despite negative results
Must last at least 6 months

No physical symptoms
Can be triggered by health information

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Factitious Disorder

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Faking or generating to get medical attention

Can use dangerous methods to generate symptoms

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Common motivations of factitious disorder

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Sympathy, care and attention.

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Diagnosis of Factitious Disorder

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No evidence of a secondary/external reward for faking.

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Etiology of SSD, IAD and FD

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Biopsychosocial Model
Biological and physiological factors
Psychological Factors
Social Factors

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Biopsychosocial Model

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Interaction of different factors

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Biological and physiological factors

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Chronic stress and HPA axis

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Psychological Factors

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cognitive factors, emotions and personality

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Social Factors

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early adversities and abuse

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Treatment

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CBT (Most common)
Cognitive techniques
Emotional techniques
Behavioural techniques

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Cognitive Techniques

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Cognitive restructuring

Changing automatic thoughts and preoccupations

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Emotional techniques

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Coping strategies
Emotion regulation

Relaxation techniques
Identifying, understanding and regulating emotions/stress

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Behavioural Techniques

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Behavioural activation

Reducing sick role behaviours

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Now a obsessive-compulsive disorder

Preoccupation with exaggerated defect in appearance
Repetitive checking behaviours

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Preoccupation with Defect

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Intrusive, time consuming and hard to control

Specific or vague

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Repetitive checking behaviours

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Time consuming

Common Behaviours 
Mirrors 
Comparisons with others 
Camouflaging 
Seeking reassurance
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% of BDD patients that attempt suicide

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When does BDD begin

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Adulthood, teenage years

Tends to be chronic

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BDD vs OCD

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Similarity: obsessions and compulsive behaviour
Difference: obsessions focus on appearance and have greater severity in BDD

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BDD vs. Eating Disorders

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Similarities: Obsessions and concern over appearance
Differences: BDD obsessions focus on more than just weight and fat.

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BDD vs. psychotic Disorders

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Similarities: Delusional Beliefs
Differences: no other positive or negative symptoms.

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Prevalence of BDD

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2-2.5%
Women have more comorbid eating disorder rates
Men have more genital and muscle preoccupation

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CBT for BDD

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Thought restructuring
Exposure exercises
Ritual prevention
Perceptual retraining

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Ritual prevention

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Preventing compulsive behaviours

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Perceptual retraining

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focus on the ‘whole’, not a specific part

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