Question

What is the difference between somatoform disorders and dissociative disorders? Provide an example of each.

Answer 1

Somatoform disorders are a group of psychological disorders in which a patient experiences physical symptoms such as pain but there is no underlying medical or neurological reason to explain what they are experiencing. An example of a somatoform disorder would be hypochondria where the patient believes 100% that there is something or many things seriously wrong with their health but there is no medical evidence to prove it.

Dissociative disorders are a group of psychological disorders in which a patient experiences dissociation from themselves either mentally or physically or both. This means that they involuntarily break away from or have a disconnection from their thoughts, identity, consciousness and memory. An example would be Dissociative identity disorder or what used to be known as multiple personality disorder.  

Answer 2

The phrase psychological disorder is sometimes used to refer to mental disorders or psychiatric disorders, which are more commonly known. Mental disorders are characterized by a pattern of behavioral or psychological symptoms that affect various aspects of one's life.

Somatoform and dissociative illnesses cause distress to the individual who is experiencing them.

The differences

Somatoform disorders

• Somatoform disorders are a type of psychological condition in which a patient has physical symptoms such as pain but there is no underlying medical or neurological cause for this.
  

• Hypochondria is an example of a somatoform disorder in which the patient is certain that something or many things are gravely wrong with their health yet there is no medical evidence to support this belief.

Dissociative disorders

• Dissociative disorders are a set of psychological disorders in which a patient experiences mental, physical, or both disconnection from themself.
  

• This means that individuals unintentionally disengage from their thoughts, identity, consciousness, and memories.
  

• Dissociative identity disorder, often known as multiple personality disorder, is an example.

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