Week 7 - Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

frustration

There is _______ on both the patient and doctor’s side when an individual has a somatic symptom disorder

physical

Chest pain, abdominal pain, dizziness, headache, back pain, and fatigue are all examples of _______ complaints 

somatic symptom disorders 

Group of disorders characterized by excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviours related to somatic symptoms. Real physical symptoms, but cannot be fully explained by a medical condition 

rumination and worrying

______ and _______ are examples of excessive thoughts and feelings 

Somatic symptom disorder

Presence of physical symptoms, preoccupation with symptoms, continuously feeling weak and ill, gastrointestinal distress, psychogenic seizures

Illness Anxiety Disorder

Physical symptoms absent or mild, preoccupation is the idea of being sick, often elicit negative reactions from physicians, repetitive behaviours similar to OCD rituals, avoidance of feared situations, high rate of anxiety and depressive disorders

hyper vigilant

People with somatic symptom disorder are _____ ______, they feel their symptoms more because they are thinking about it more

young women of low socioeconomic status

Which group of people most often have somatic symptom disorder

psychological

_________ factors of somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorder:

• children and adults who report more aches and pains have more negative emotions

• poor-self awareness of the presence fo these emotions and are less able to regulate their emotions

• back of understanding of emotional stress and its relation to physical functioning

behavioural principles

_________ _______ of somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorder: modelling and reinforcement (e.g. immediate family with significant disorders, crave for attentions) 

environmental stressors

_________ _______ of somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorder: stress, childhood abuse, family separation, family conflict

somatic amplification

distorted cognitions can cause ______ _______

cognitive 

_______ factors of somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorder: are somatic amplification and inaccurate beliefs about a disorder 

reluctant to reveal worries

It is hard to treat somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorders because patients can be very ______ __ _______ ______

CBT

___ therapy can help people with somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorders by reducing stress, minimizing help-seeking behaviours, and relating to others

Motor

Type of symptom/deficit that causes impaired coordination or balance, paralysis or weakness, tremor, gait abnormality, abnormal limb posturing  

Globus

Aphonia (inability to speak), sensations of choking, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath, feelings of suffocation

Sensory abnormalities

Loss of touch or pain sensations double vision or blindness, deafness, hallucinations

la belle indifference

Substantial emotional indifference to the presence of these dramatic physical symptoms (not a necessary symptom)

conversion

Symptoms of ______ disorder do not follow known neurological patterns of the human body, which helps with differentiation 

neurological settings

There is a high prevalence of conversion disorder in _______ ______

CBT thought records

____ _______ ______ can be used to treat people with conversion disorder

glove anesthesia

_____ ______ is a numbness that does not follow the pattern of nerves, and is neurologically impossible

Factitious disorder

Physical or psychological symptoms are intentionally produced in what appears to be a desire to assume a sick role

malingering

A person intentionally produces physical symptoms with external incentives to do so