Quote:
Originally Posted by skeksi
Being recategorized into their own section doesn't mean that there's no overlap between dissociation and somatic symptoms, in my opinion. I mean, they moved PTSD from an anxiety disorder to a trauma disorder but that doesn't change the fact that anxiety is still a central component of the disorder. However you categorize the symptoms, dissociation involves segmenting sensory experiences, so somatic therapies are helpful. The DSM 5 is a diagnostic tool, not a treatment planner.
|
no it doesnt, all I posted was that yes I have seen this and how this article fits in with my own location. here in the City where I am we recognize and go according to the new standards. in 2013 the APA stated physical health problems due to mental health problems including dissociation because of health problems are now their own disorder and not mixed in with dissociative disorders.
here a person can have more than one mental disorder if they fit the diagnostic criteria....
example having depersonalization /derealization disorder (or any other dissociation disorder) and have a somatic disorder like conversion disorder (where dissociative disorders affect and show itself in medical\physical ways)
I wasnt saying it doesnt happen, just that my location does not use this article with in the dissociative category. my location due to the articles content (dissociation causing physical problems and showing itself in physical ways) uses the article with in the somatic category.
your location may do it differently. I know that outside the USA they do still sometimes list somatic disorders in the dissociative category. I wasnt saying they dont. just saying how things are done in ....my own.... location.