Lesson 5: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

hypochondriac

former name of illness anxiety disorder

hypochondriac

someone who exaggerates the slightest physical symptom

soma

it means body

somatic symptom disorder

there is an excessive or maladaptive response to physical symptoms or to associated health concerns

somatic symptom disorders

these disorders are sometimes grouped under the shorthand label of “medically unexplained physical symptoms”

somatic symptom disorders

in some cases, the medical cause of the physical symptoms is known but the emotional distress or level of impairment in response to the symptoms is excessive and may make the condition worse

dissociation/ dissociative experiences

people feel as if they are dreaming

dissociation/ dissociative experiences

slight alterations or detachments in consciousness or identity

somatic symptom and dissociative disorders

they are strongly linked historically and evidences indicate they share common features

hystorical neurosis

this is the general heading that somatic symptom and dissociative disorders were formerly categorized

hysteria

a term dating back to Hippocrates and the Egyptians before him which suggests that the cause of these disorders can be traced to a “wandering uterus”

wandering uterus

the cause of hysteria according to Hippocrates

hysterical

refer more generally to physical symptoms without known organic cause or to dramatic or histrionic behavior thought to be characteristic of women

sigmund freud

he suggested the concept of conversion hysteria

conversion hysteria

in this condition, unexplained physical symptoms indicated the conversion of unconscious emotional conflicts into a more acceptable form

neurotic disorders

resulted from underlying unconscious conflicts, anxiety that resulted from these conflicts, and the implementstion of ego defense mechanism

somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, psychological factors affecting medical condition, conversion disorder, factitious disorder

five basic somatic symptom and related disorders

somatic symptom and related disorders

individuals are pathologically concerned with the functioning of their bodies

briquet’s syndrome

former name of somatic symptom disorder

pierre briquet

he had patients with seemingly endless lists of somatic complaints for which he could find no medical basis

psychological or behavioral factors

in somatic symptom disorders, the important factor is not whether the physical symptom has a clear medical caude or not, but rather that ____ are compounding the severity and impairment associated with the physical symptoms

hypochondriasis

formerly known as illness anxiety disorder

illness anxiety disorder

in this disorder, physical symptoms are either not experienced at the present time or are very mild, but severe anxiety is focused on the possibility of developing a serious disease

somatic symptom disorder

diagnosis if one or more physical symptoms are relatively severe and are associated with anxiety and distress

illness anxiety disorder

in this disorder, the concern is primarily with the idea of being sick instead of the physical symptom itself and the threat seems so real that reassurance from physicians does not seem to help

anxiety and mood disorders

these are often comorbid with somatic symptom disorders

illness anxiety disorder

characterized by anxiety or fear that one has a serious disease

illness anxiety disorder

the individual is preoccupied with bodily symptoms, misinterpreting them as indicative of illness or disease

illness anxiety disorder

in this disorder, reassurances from numerous doctors that all is well and the individual is healthy have, at best, only a short term effect

disease conviction

individuals have a difficult-to-shake belief that they have a disease

somatic symptom disorder

patients with this disorder focus on long-term process of illness and disease

somatic symptom disorder

patients with this disorder continue to seek the opinions of additional doctors in an attempt to rule out disease and are more likely to demand unnecessary medical treatments

somatic symptom disorder

patients with this disorder remain unconvinced and unreassured despite numerous assurances

koro

a culture-specific syndrome fitting comfortably in somatic symptom disorder in which there is the belief, accompanied by severe anxiety and sometimes panic, that genitals are retracting into the abdomen

dhat

a culture-specific disorder prevalent in india which is an anxious concern about losing semen, associated with a vague mix of physical symptoms like dizzines, weakness, and fatigue