PSY340H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Hypochondriasis
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Somatoform disorders: somatization and conversion, pain and hypochondriasis, body dysmorphic disorder. Somatoform symptoms: symptoms suggest a physical disorder, symptoms cannot adequately be explained physiologically, symptoms are often (but not always) described in dramatic ways, other disorders, such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders, often co-exist. Somatization disorder (briquet"s syndrome: many physical complaints, beginning before age 30, must include. One pseudoneurological symptom: symptoms are unfounded or exaggerated. Conversion disorder: physical symptoms suggesting neurological problems. Paresthesias and paralysis (demonstrate: sudden onset, sudden termination, sudden reappearance, mostly women; men in combat, often misdiagnosed: overpathologized, la belle indifference: 1/3 of cases. Pain disorder: main symptom is pain, may be exacerbated by psychosocial factors, may be maintained by gain: Hypochondriasis: no physical symptoms are necessary, preoccupied with the possibility that normal sensations are symptoms of serious disease, frequent visits to physicians, persists despite medical reassurance, over-report bodily sensations. By proxy: undifferentiated somatoform disorder, somatoform disorder nos.
