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Soma and Dissoc
Chap 16 Glencoe - Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
Question | Answer |
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somatoform disorder | Collection of disorders in which physical symptoms for which there is no apparent physical cause present themselves. This includes conversion disorders and hypochondriasis. |
conversion disorders | the conversion of emotional difficulties into the loss of a specific physiological function. |
hypochondriasis | when a person who is in good health becomes preoccupied with imaginary ailments. |
dissociative disorder | Collection of disorders in which a person experiences alterations in memory, identity, or consciousness |
dissociative amnesia | Memory loss that has no biological explanation |
dissociative fugue | a person suddenly & unexpectedly travels away from home or work & is unable to recall the past |
dissociative identity disorder | someone seems to have two or more distinct identities, each with its own way of thinking & behaving |