CLP 3144 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Clinical and Health Psychology
• Course: CLP 3144
• Professor: Wippold Guillermo

Document Summary

Somatic symptom disorders: a prime example of the fluid boundary between mind and body. People with these disorders may experience significant physical symptoms for which there is no apparent cause; bodily symptoms emerge as a result of psychological factors. Often excessively concerned about their symptoms and spend a great deal of time worrying and seeking medical treatment. Difficulty in diagnosis: possibility that an individual has a real physical disorder that is difficult to detect or diagnose; hard to detect differences between a psychological disorder and a difficult to detect physical disorder. Diagnosis is easier when psychological factors can be identified clearly or when physical examination proves that the symptoms are not physiologically possible. Pseudocyesis: false pregnancy in which a woman believes she is pregnant but physical examination and laboratory tests confirm she is not. Somatization: little ailments all over the body; a bunch of different types of illnesses all over; physical pains gastrointestinal pains, neurological type symptoms.