DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS AND SOMATIC SYMPTOM DISORDERS Flashcards
3 general characteristics of Dissociative Disorders … Sudden disruption in the continuity of?
- Consciousness
- Memory
- Identity
the inability to recall impoxant
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Dissociative Amnesia
The CONSCIOUS recall of experiences
Explicit Memory
Suddenly leaves home and work and assumes a new identity ; “flight
Fugue
Suddenly leaves home and work and assumes a new identity ; “flight
Fugue
Person’s perception of the self or
surroundings is disconcertingly and disruptively altered
Depersonalization / Derealization Disorder
Refers to the sensation that world has
become UNREAL
Derealization
This is when a person has at least 2
PERSONALITIES, ALTERS - different
modes of being, thinking, feeling, and acting that exists independently of one another and that EMERGE AT DIFFERENT TIMES
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative Disorders involve the massive use of REPRESSION, resulting in the splitting off from consciousness of unacceptable impulses and painful memories, typically involving parental abuse
Psychodynamic Views in Dissociative Disorders
Dissociation in the form of DISSOCIATIVE
AMNESIA and FUGUES as a LEARNED
RESPONSE involving the behavior of psychologically distancing oneself from disturbing memories or emotions
Social Cognitive Theory on Dissociative
Disorders
There is some evidence of smaller Hippocampal and Amygdala volume in patients with DID compared with Normals’
Contributions
People who are prone to FANTASIZE, are highly hypnotizable, and are open to altered states of consciousness, may be more likely than others to develop dissociative experiences in the face on a TRAUMATIC ABUSE
Diathesis Stress Model
Severe PHYSICAL or SEXUAL abuse
during childhood sets the stage for DID
Post Traumatic Model
Socio cognitive Model
One or MORE Somatic Symptoms that
are distressing or result in significant disruption in daily life
Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder
