Week 7: Who am I? Flashcards
What are the four major types of dissociative disorder?
- Depersonalisation/derealisation disorder
- dissociative amnesia
- DID
- other specified dissociative disorder
What is a common causal component of dissociative DO?
Trauma
What is Porge’s polyvagal theory?
the body’s parasympathetic defence response of immobilisation (freeze) is initiated when unable to fight or flee from danger
When researchers reject the trauma theory, what do they propose?
The fantasy model:
dissociative disorders occur as a result of fantasy proneness, suggestibility and cognitive failures
What is the DES?
the Dissociative Experiences Scale
What minimum score on DES to be considered for a Dx of dissociation?
30 points
What is the condition where a person cannot recall important events or personal information?
Dissociative Amnesia
What are the DSM-5 criteria for DID?
The presence of two or more distinct alters or an experience of possession alongside recurrent episodes of amnesia
What percentage of the population is estimated to meet criteria for DID?
1-3%
What are the four somatic disorders?
Somatic symptom disorder
illness anxiety disorder
conversion disorder
factitious disorder
What factors maintain somatic symptom disorder?
attention to body sensations and interpretation of those sensations.
Somatic symptom disorders are more common in which group?
females
