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Ch.6
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorder
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/27/2014

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Term
DSM-V lists 5 basic somatic symptom and related disorders:
Definition
  • Somatic symptom disorder
  • Illness anxiety disorder
  • Psychological factors affecting medical condition
  • Conversion disorder
  • Factitious disorder
Term
In these types of disorders, individuals are pathologically concerned with the functioning of their bodies:
Definition
Somatic symptom and related disorders
Term
If one or more physical symptoms are relatively sever and are associated with anxiety and distress, the daignosis would be:
Definition
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Term
Individuals with this disorder have a main concern with the idea of being sick instead of the physical symptom itself
Definition
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Term
Illness Anxiety Disorder clinical description
Definition
  • Anxiety of fear of having a disease
  • None or mild physical symptoms
  • More concern with meaning of symptoms
  • Misperceptions of symptoms
  • Checking behaviors
  • High trait anxiety
Term
The new name for Hypochondriasis is
Definition
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Term
6.7% is the lifetime prevalence of
Definition
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Term
Individuals with this disorder are concerned with the physical symptoms themselves, not their meaning
Definition
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Term
Symptoms=Anxiety for individuals with
Definition
Somatic Symptoms Disorder
Term
Somatic Symptom Disorder onset
Definition
Adolescence
Term
Somatic Symptom Disorder prevalence
Definition
Hard to measure because very rare. 4.4% in large cites, 16.6% in medical settings
Term
Somatic Symptom Disorder F:M ratio
Definition
~2:1
Term
What is familial aggregation?
Definition
running in families
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Somatic symptom disorders are often comorbid with...
Definition
Anxiety and mood disorders
Term
Explanatory therapy (for Illness Anxiety Disorder and Somatic Symptom disorder)
Definition
  •  Explain potential origins of symptoms in detail
  • Beneficial for mild cases, limited follow-up
  • More education on development of physical symptoms so that they dont inerpret every ache and pain as a big problem
Term
CBT (for IAD and SSD)
Definition

 

  • Identify and challenge misinterpretations of physical cues
  • Symptom creation”: Focus on “creating” physical problems and then using stress-reduction and other cognitive tools to “eliminate” symptoms 
  • Medications (SSRIs) may also be helpful
  • Trials indicate that CBT may outperform SSRIs
Term
This term refers to a physical symptom that has no organic cause
Definition
Functional symptom
Term
When individuals fake disorders, it is called...
Definition
Malingering
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In a set of conditions called ___________, symptoms are under voluntary control, as with malingering, but there is no obvious reason for voluntarily producing the symptoms
Definition
factitious disorders
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One possible treatment for Conversion Disorder asks the patient to "relive" the target traumatic event
Definition
Catharsis (to identify and attend to the taumatic or stressful life event)
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Conversion disorder onset
Definition
typically during adolescence or slightly thereafter
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