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Other Disorders (Last AP PPT!!!) Module 69 Other Disorders… Somatic Symptom Dissociative Disorders Personality Disorders Somatic Symptom Physical (somatic) symptoms with no medical cause AND cause the patient significant distress and dysfunction Go to doctor to doctor Somatic Symptom Disorder Illness Anxiety Disorder Somatic Symptom Disorder Characterized by physical symptoms and high anxiety about having a disease Interferes with carrying on normal life Illness Anxiety Disorder Preoccupation with a serious medical condition with either no or mild physical symptoms Conversion Disorder Functional neurologic symptom disorder Characterized by loss of some bodily function without physical damage Symptoms last as long as anxiety is present Today Show Causes of Somatic Disorders Psychoanalysis Unresolved, unconscious conflicts Behavioral Reinforcements – attention and sympathy Cognitive Faulty thinking and catastrophic thoughts lead individuals to misinterpret normal bodily functions as problematic Dissociative Disorders Psychological disorders that involve a sudden loss of memory (amnesia) or change in identity Heated debate in psychological community Not all exist – product of an overactive imagination Two main types Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative Amnesia Loss of memory for a traumatic event or period of time that is too painful for an individual to remember Dissociative fugue Dissociative amnesia + travel Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Formerly called multiple personality disorder When two or more distinct personalities are present within the same individual Most common in people who have been victims of physical or sexual abuse as a child Interesting research – handedness and brain scans Personality Disorders Have longstanding, maladaptive thought and behavior patterns that are troublesome to others, harmful, or illegal Individuals do not experience anxiety, depression, or delusions Three clusters Odd/eccentric Dramatic/emotionally problematic Anxious or Fearful