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12.6 Somatoform, Factitious, and Sexual Disorders
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Differentiate the symptoms of somatoform and factitious disorders.
- Summarize the sexual disorders and paraphilias.
Although mood, anxiety, and personality disorders represent the most prevalent psychological
disorders, as you saw in Table 12.3 "Categories of Psychological Disorders Based on the " there
are a variety of other disorders that affect people. This complexity of symptoms and
classifications helps make it clear how difficult it is to accurately and consistently diagnose and
treat psychological disorders. In this section we will review three other disorders that are of
interest to psychologists and that affect millions of people:somatoform disorder, factitious
disorder, and sexual disorder.