NURS 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: Endorphins, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Stress Management
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Somatic symptom disorder: characterized by physical symptoms suggesting medical disease but without demonstratable organic pathology. Dissociative disorders: a disturbance of or alteration in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, and identity. Hysteria: a poly-symptomatic disorder that usually begins in adolescence, chiefly affects women, and is characterized by recurrent multiple somatic complaints that are unexplained by organic pathology. Dissociation: the splitting off of clusters of mental contents from conscious awareness, a mechanism central to hysterical conversion and dissociative disorder. Munchausen syndrome: the syndrome of fabricating symptoms for emotional gain. Application of the nursing process o o o o o. Background assessment data: types of somatic symptom disorders. A syndrome of multiple somatic symptoms that cannot be explained medically and associated with psychosocial distress and long term seeking of assistance from healthcare professionals. An unrealistic or inaccurate interpretation of physical symptoms or sensations leading to preoccupation and fear of having a serious disease.
