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What is conversion disorder
Long known as hysteria or hysterical conversion, the American Psychiatric Association now calls this condition conversion disorder. DSM-IV-TR provides the diagnostic criteria for this diagnosis: One or more symptoms or deficits affect voluntary motor or sensory function that suggest a neurological or other general medical condition. Psychological factors are judged to be associated with the […]
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How to treatment of body dysmorphic disorder
Treatment of body dysmorphic disorder include: Psychological treatment The most common psychological treatment for body dysmorphic disorder involves CBT. Exposure to avoided situations can include exposure to the sight of the individual’s own body or showing their perceived defect in social situations. Often, exposure programmes follow hierarchies of increasingly diffi cult to cope with body […]
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Aetiology of body dysmorphic disorder
Socio-cultural factors There has been little systematic research into the social and cultural factors associated with the development of body dysmorphic disorder. However, given the importance placed on physical appearance in society, it is not unreasonable to suspect that societal beliefs and attitudes have a role to play. There is certainly evidence that the media […]
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What is body dysmorphic disorder
Many of us have some degree of dissatisfaction with our body. A survey of over 4000 people, in the magazine Psychology Today, for example, found that 56 per cent of women reported being dissatisfi ed with their appearance. Major sources of dissatisfaction were the abdomen (71 per cent), body weight (66 per cent), hips (60 […]
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Aetiology of somatization disorder
Childhood learning Somatization may have its roots in early childhood experiences. There are several retrospective studies indicating that adults who report high levels of somatic symptoms are more likely to have witnessed illness in family members than is the norm. These include: excessive somatic complaints by parents excessive illness or complaints of illness from other […]
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Prevalence of somatization disorder
Most of us experience sensations or symptoms that are not related to an obvious illness at some time or other. Indeed, Hiller et al. (2006) reported that 82 per cent of their large population sample had experienced such symptoms in the previous week. Symptom reporting was highest among women, those aged over 45 years, with […]
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What is Somatization disorder?
Somatization involves the experience and reporting of physical symptoms that cause distress but lack corresponding physical pathology and cannot be explained by physical examination or diagnostic techniques. DSM IV-TR identifi ed the following diagnostic criteria for its diagnosis: A history of many physical complaints beginning before the age of 30 years which occur over a […]
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Models of mental disorder
In the present context a ‘model’ means a view, or system of beliefs, about what causes mental disorders. Within psychology in general there are several different schools of thought, such as the behaviourist school and the psychodynamic or Freudian school, which offer competing explanations for most forms of behaviour.2 Given the complexity of human behaviour, […]
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What is Borderline Personality Disorder
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER is a term that identifies a heterogenous group of patients with serious character pathology and behavioral dis- turbances. The main features of this disorder are behavior that is impulsive, dramatic, and often self- destructive; moods that are labile and reactive to life circumstances; interpersonal relationships that are stormy; and a sense of […]
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The case of ‘dangerous and severe personality disorder’
In recent years, the British State has exerted its right to impose an administrative concept of personality disorder in order to cut through or over-ride professional ambivalence. This has involved the construction of and use of a new category of ‘dangerous and severe personality disorder’ (DSPD) and new legislation has been devised to provide legal […]
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