Abnormal Psychology

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somatoform disorders

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pathological concerns of individuals with theappearance or functioing of their bodies, usually in the absence of any identifiable medical condition

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dissociative disorders

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disorders in which individuals feel detached from themselves or their suroundings, and reality, eperience, and identity may disintegrate

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hypochondriasis

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somatoform disorder in volving sever anxiety over the belief that on has a disease process with out any evident physical cause

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somatization disorder

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somatofrom disorder involving extreme and long-lasting focus on multiple physical sympotoms for which no medical cause is evident

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conversion disorder

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physical malfunctioning, such as blindness or paralysis, suggesting neurolocial impairment but with no organic pathology to account for it

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malingering

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deliberate faking of a physical or psychological disorder motivated by a gain (getting out of doing something)

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factitious disorder

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nonexisten physical or psychological disorder deliberately faked for no apparent gain except possibly sympathy and attention

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pain disorder

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somatoform disorder featuring true pain but for which psychological factors play an important role in onset, severity, or maintenance

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body dysmorphy disorder (BDD)

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somatoform disorder featuring a disruptive preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance ("imagined ugliness")

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Derealization

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situation in which the individual loses his or her sense of reality of the external world