HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mental Disorder, Dsm-5, Somatic Symptom Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1CC3
• Professor: Mat Savelli

Document Summary

To be diagnosed they need to have 1 or both of 2 things: Obsessions: idea or image that they do not want to think about but difficulty not thinking about it. Intrusive or recurring thoughts, impulses, or images that person struggles to resist. Consequences - handwriting cramps, lost time, social problems. Content - socially unacceptable or horrific themes, need for order. Unlike worry, not necessarily grounded in problems of everyday living. Compulsions: thoughts/actions that provide relief from obsessions. Usually not realistically connected to obsession, excessive in nature. Despite irrationally, a person might struggle to resist compulsion. Hoarding disorder dsm-5 persistent difficulty & distress discarding possessions due to perceived need. Different than ocd (e. g. , thoughts, normal, aligning w/ personal values, rather than intrusive) Is a diagnosis necessary when there are already laws to deal with problems (e. g. , vermin)? to ite than. At least one chronic somatic symptom that causes excessive worry about explainable symptoms might be enough.