Abnorm Psyc 2

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Somatoform Disorder

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A physical illness or ailment that is explained largely by psychosocial causes, in which the patient experiences no sense of wanting or guyiding the symptoms

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Hysterical Somatoform disorders

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Somatoform disorders in which people suffer actual changes in their physical functioning

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Conversion disorder

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A somatoform disorder in which a psychosocial need or conflict is converted into dramatic physical symptoms that affect voluntary motor or sensory function

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Somatization Disorder (briquet's Syndrome)

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A somatoform disorder marked by numerous recurring physical ailments without an organic basis

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Pain Disorder associated with psychological factors

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A somatoform disorder marked by pain, with psycholsocial factors playing a central role in the onset, severity, or continuation of the pain

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Factitious Disorder

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An illness with no identifiable physical cause, in which the patient is believed to be intentionally producing or faking symptoms in order to assume a sick role.

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Munchanusen syndrome

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The extreme and chronic form of factitious disorder

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Munchausen syndrom by proxy

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A factitious disorder in which parents make up or produce illnesses in their children

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Preoccupation somatoform dsorders

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Disorders in which people misinterpret and overreact to minor, even normal, bodily symptoms or features

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Hypochondriasis

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A Disorder in which people mistakenly fear that minor changes in their physical functioning indicate a serious disease

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Body dysmorphic disorder

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A disorder marked by excessive worry that some aspect of one's physical appearance is defective

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Primary Gain

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In psychodynamic theory, the gain achieved when hysterical symptoms elicit kindness from others or provide an excuse to avoid unpleasant activities

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Placebo

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A sham treatment that a patient believes to be genuine

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Memory

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The faculty for recalling past events and past learning

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Dissociative disorders

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Disorders marked by major changes in memory that do not have clear physical causes

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Dissociative amnesia

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A dissociative disorder marked by an inability to recall important personal events and information

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Dissociative fugue

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A dissociative disorder in which a perosn travels to a new location and may assume a new identity, simultaneously forgetting his or her past

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Dissociative identity disorder (Multiple personality disorder)

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A dissociative disorder in which a person develops two or more distinct personalities

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Subpersonalities (alternate personalities)

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The two or more distinct personalities found in individuals suffering from mutiple personality disorder each with a unique set of memories behaviors, thought, and emotions.

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Iatrogenic disorder

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A disorder that is unintentionally caused by a practitioner

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State-Dependent learning

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Learning that becomes associated with the conditions under which it occurred, so that it is best remembered under the same conditions

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Self-Hypnosis

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The process of hypnotizing oneself, sometimes for the purpose of forgetting unpleasant events

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Hypnotic therapy (Hypnotherapy)

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A treatment in which the patient undergoes hypnosis and is then guided to recall forgotten events or perform other therapeutic activities

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Fusion

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The final merging of two or more subpersonalities in multiple personality disorder