Abnormal Psychology

Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Learning Objectives

• Identify the test personality disorders.
• Discuss the salient symptoms for each of the personality disorders, and identify potential treatments.
• Identify the dissociative disorders.
• Discuss the symptoms of dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, and dissociative identity disorder, and identify potential treatments.

Reading Resources

• What is a Somatic Symptom Disorder. [American Psychiatric Association]
• Somatic Symptom Disorder. [Drugs.com]
• Illness Anxiety Disorder. [Mayo Clinic]
• An Overview of Factitious Disorders. [Cleveland Clinic]
• Dissociative Disorders.
• What are Dissociative Disorders? [American Psychiatric Association]
• Patient Story: Dissociative Disorders? [American Psychiatric Association]