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| What are somatoform disorders? |
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Definition
| A variety of conditions in which psychological conflicts become translated into physical problems or complaints that cause distress or impairment in a person's life. |
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| What is a conversion disorder? |
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Definition
| A disorder in which psychological conflict is translated into bodily motor or sensory symptoms that suggest a neurological or other kind of medical condition. |
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| What is the difference between somatization disorder and conversion disorder? |
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Definition
| Somatization disorder involves multiple and recurrent bodily symptoms, rather than one single complaint as in Conversion disorder. |
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| What are characteristics of Body Dysmorphic Disorder? |
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Definition
- A preoccupation with the idea that a part of the body is ugly or defective
- Work, social life, and/or relationships areimpaired because of being consumed with the distress about their body
- Getting recurring plastic surgery to correct their imagined defect
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| A somatoform disorder in which a client believes or fears that they have a serious illness when they are only expriencing normal bodily reactions. |
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| Deliberately feigning the symptoms of physical illness or psychological disorder for an ulterior motive. (for example, claiming a physical problem in order to obtain financial gain) |
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| What is a factitious disorder? |
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| A disorder in which people fake symptoms of disorders, not for the purpose of any particular gain but because of an inner need to maintain a sick role. |
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| What are the characteristics of Munchausen's syndrome? |
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Definition
| An individual's whole life becomes consumed with the pursuit of medical care. They often inflic injury on themselves in order to look so sick that hospitalization is necessary. |
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| What is the difference between Munchausen's syndrome and Munchausen's syndrome by proxy? |
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Definition
| Those with Munchausen's syndrome spend time inflicting injury on themselves to receive medical attention while those with Munchausen's syndrome by proxy induces physical symptoms in someone else who is under their care. |
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| What is the definition of stress? |
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Definition
| The unpleasant emotional reaction a person has when he or she perceives an event to be threatening. |
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| What is the difference between problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping? |
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Definition
| In problem-focused coping, the individual reduces stress by acting to change whatever it is that makes the situation stressful. An individual tries to "fix" things. In emotion-focused coping, a person does not change anythig about the situation itself but tries to improve his/her feelings about the situation. |
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| What is Dissociative Identity Disorder? |
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Definition
| Formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, patients with DID develop more than one self or personality. |
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| What are some characteristics of Dissociative Identity Disorder? |
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Definition
- At least two distinct identities or personaliy states are present, each with its own pattern of perceivin, thinking, and relating, as well as its own personal history and self image.
- The client experiences a form of amnesia in which they have gaps in their memory about some aspects of their personal history.
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| What is the primary explanation for the development of Dissociative Identity Disorder? |
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Definition
| The primary explanation for DID is that it is caused by disturbances in childhood in the development of the sense of self. Most victims of DID have been victims of childhood sexual or physical abuse. |
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| What does Sociocognitive Model of Dissociative Identity Disorder say about DID? |
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Definition
| This model suggests that clients enact the roles that they feel are demanded by the situation. The model says that social attention to the condition of DID, along with unintentional prompting by therapists, can lead to the development of this disorder in vulnerable individuals. |
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| What is dissociative amnesia? |
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Definition
| a form of amnesia in which an individual is unable to remember important personal details and experiences usually associated with traumatic or very stressful event. This amnesia is not due to drugs or any type of brain dysfunction associated with brain damage. |
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| What are the four forms of dissociative amnesia? |
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Definition
- Localized amnesia- the individual forgets all events that occured during a specific time interval.
- Selective amnesia- the individual fails to recall some, but not all, details of events that have occurred during a given period of time.
- Generalized amnesia- a syndrome in which a person cannot remember anything at all from his or her life.
- Continuous amnesia-a failure to recall events from a particular date up to and including the present time.
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| What are the diagnostic features of Depersonalization Disorder? |
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Definition
- Persistent or recurrent experiences of feeling detached from mental processes or body, as if in a dream or as if the client is an external observer
- During the depersonalization experience, the client is in touch with reality.
- The symptoms cause significant distress or impairment.
- The disturbance does not occur as a result of another mental disorder, the use of substances, or a medical or neurological condition.
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