Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Schizophrenia Spectrum and Eating Disorders

These flashcards cover key vocabulary terms and their definitions pertaining to somatic symptom disorders, dissociative disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and eating disorders.

Somatic Symptom Disorder

A condition characterized by multiple distressing somatic symptoms without a clear medical cause, often leading to significant distress or impairment.

Illness Anxiety Disorder

A psychological condition where individuals are preoccupied with fears of having a serious disease despite a lack of significant symptoms, usually present for at least 6 months.

Conversion Disorder

A condition where symptoms or deficits in sensory or motor function cannot be explained by a medical condition and often arise in response to stress or trauma.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A disorder identified by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states, along with recurrent gaps in the recall of everyday events.

Depersonalization

A dissociative symptom where individuals feel detached from their own body or thoughts, as if they are observing themselves from outside.

Derealization

A dissociative experience in which the surrounding environment feels unreal or distorted from the individual's perspective.

Schizophrenia

A severe mental disorder characterized by distortions in thought processes, perceptions, emotions, and behavior, often including psychotic symptoms like hallucinations and delusions.

Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Symptoms that add to the person's behavior, such as hallucinations and delusions, indicating an excess or distortion of normal functions.

Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

The absence or reduction of normal emotional and behavioral functions, such as diminished emotional expression and apathy.

Anorexia Nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by restricted food intake, an intense fear of weight gain, and a distorted body image, leading to dangerously low body weight.

Bulimia Nervosa

An eating disorder marked by recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as vomiting or excessive exercise to prevent weight gain.

Binge Eating Disorder

A condition involving recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food with a feeling of loss of control and distress, without compensatory behaviors leading to weight loss.