Book contents
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Reviews
- Preface
- Section 1 Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
- Section 2 Abnormalities of the Experience of Love
- Section 3 Abnormalities of Perception
- Chapter 6 Charles Bonnet Syndrome
- Chapter 7 Musical Hallucinosis
- Chapter 8 Ekbom Syndrome
- Chapter 9 Vulvodynia and Penoscrotodynia
- Chapter 10 Olfactory Reference Syndrome
- Chapter 11 Cross-Modal Perceptual Syndrome (Synaesthesia)
- Section 4 Abnormalities of the Self
- Section 5 Abnormalities of Experience of the Body
- Section 6 Abnormalities of Memory Function
- Section 7 Abnormalities of Behaviour
- References
- Index
Chapter 9 - Vulvodynia and Penoscrotodynia
from Section 3 - Abnormalities of Perception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2021
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Reviews
- Preface
- Section 1 Abnormalities of Belief and Judgement
- Section 2 Abnormalities of the Experience of Love
- Section 3 Abnormalities of Perception
- Chapter 6 Charles Bonnet Syndrome
- Chapter 7 Musical Hallucinosis
- Chapter 8 Ekbom Syndrome
- Chapter 9 Vulvodynia and Penoscrotodynia
- Chapter 10 Olfactory Reference Syndrome
- Chapter 11 Cross-Modal Perceptual Syndrome (Synaesthesia)
- Section 4 Abnormalities of the Self
- Section 5 Abnormalities of Experience of the Body
- Section 6 Abnormalities of Memory Function
- Section 7 Abnormalities of Behaviour
- References
- Index
Summary
The conditions described in this chapter are distinct from those in the preceding chapters in this section on disorders of perception in that both vulvodynia and penoscrotodynia are disorders of sensation rather than of perception. The distinction that I seek to draw is that between sensation and perception. Sensation is the first stage in receiving information outside the self. The sensory system includes the visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, kinaesthetic and proprioceptive pathways. These pathways deal with the receipt, transformation and transmission of raw and disparate sensory data from peripheral receptors to the central nervous system (CNS). The transformation of raw sensory stimuli into sensory information is then decoded into meaningful perception involving active processes that are influenced by attention, affect, cultural expectations, context, prior experiences, memory and prior concepts (Oyebode, 2018). What is important is to recognize that such a distinction exists between the awareness of primary sensations and the awareness of perceptions.
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- Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes , pp. 103 - 110Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021