PSY 139 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Primary Care
22 May 2015
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Somatic symptom and related disorders: somatic symptom disorder- group of conditions that involve physical symptoms combined with abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in response to those symptoms. Disproportionate and persistent thoughts about the seriousness of one"s symptoms. Persistently high level of anxiety about health or symptoms. Hypochondriasis: hypochondriasis- the person is preoccupied either with fears of contracting a serious disease or with the idea that of having that disease even though they do not. These very distressing preoccupations are thought to all be based on a misinterpretation of one or more bodily signs or symptoms. Highly preoccupied with bodily functions, minor physical abnormalities, and ambiguous physical sensations. Have intrusive thoughts where they attribute physical symptoms to a suspected disease. They are not malingering or consciously faking symptoms to achieve specific goals: causal factors in hypochondriasis. May be closely related to the anxiety disorders. Misinterpretations of bodily sensations are seen as a causal factor in cognitive conceptualizations.
