Question

What is primary gain and secondary gain in dissociative?

Answer 1

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Secondary gain refers to the external benefits that may be derived as a result of having symptoms. For example, the patient whose sudden onset of paresis (primary gain) causes his or her spouse to stay in an otherwise failing relationship (secondary gain)

Answer 2

Primary and secondary gain. Primary gain or secondary gain are used in medicine to describe the significant subconscious psychological motivators patients may have when presenting with symptoms.