Dissociative And Somatoform Disorders Flashcards
_____ - Refers to the separation of certain personality components or mental processes from conscious thought. (Daydreaming is a common form of this. In order for it to be a mental disorder the person must be doing it to avoid traumatic or stressful throughts)
Dissociation
Dissociative ____ - Characterized by a sudden loss in memory following a stressful or traumatic event. (Person may forgot information from the period of time which the event occurs. Can range from several hours to years. Criteria is that the amnesia is psychogenic)
Dissociative Amnesia
____ - Psychological in origin
Psychogenic
Dissociative ____ - Someone with this particular type of dissociative amnesia may not only forget their previous life and identity, but start a new one (in response to traumatic events. When the fugue ends they will no longer remember anything from this state such as friends)
Dissociative fugue
Dissociative ____ ___ - Formerly known as personality disorder. Person may experience 2 or more distinct personalities. (These people may have been abused as a child)
Dissociative identity disorder
_____/_____ disorder - Refers to a detachment from one’s mental processes or body. People with this disorder may describe themselves as observing their body from a distance. (A disorder on its own but can be a symptom of another)
Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
____ disorder - Somatisation refers to the expression of psychological distress as physiological symptoms. (May be having a psychological problem like depression that is expressed in a physical way like paralysis. These people aren’t faking)
Somatoform disorder
____ disorder - May experience a sudden change or loss in physical function with no medical explanation (ex: losing the ability to walk with no known physical cause. They aren’t faking)
Conversion disorder
____ - Disorder in which the sufferer has constant anxiety surrounding their health. (May avoid doctors or go to the doctor frequently)
Hypochondria
