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What are the five types of somatic symptom and related disorders?

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i. Somatic symptom disorder
ii. Illness anxiety disorder
iii. Psychological factors affecting medical condition
iv. Conversion disorder
v. Factitious disorder

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What is the clinical description (DSM-5) of somatic symptom disorder?

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  1. One or more somatic symptoms that are distressing and disrupt daily life
  2. Excessive thoughts and feelings related to somatic symptoms or associated health concerns
  3. Although the somatic symptom is not always there, they will being worrying about it for >6 months
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What is the main factor to recognize in somatic symptom disorder?

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ii. The main factor is not whether the symptom has a medical cause, but whether psychological and emotional processes are compounding the distress and impairment it causes

4
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Define illness anxiety disorder

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i. Symptoms are not present or very mild

ii. However, severe anxiety is focused on the possibility of having or developing a disease

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What is also known as hypochondriasis

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Illness anxiety disorder

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What is the main factor in illness anxiety disorder?

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the IDEA of being sick instead of the physical symptoms

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why was the illness anxiety disorder classification made?

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This category was made to report 20% of hypochondriasis cases that didn’t report symptoms, just worry

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What do both somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder have in common with regards to other psychological issues

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Often has high comorbidity with anxiety and mood disorders

9
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What makes somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorders unique from otheranxiety disorders?

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disorders because the persons only object of worry is their own body

10
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What percentage of people have Hypochondriasis

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1-5%

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What is the most likely demographic to find somatic symptom disorder in?

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  1. Unmarried women with low SES
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What is the main cause of somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorders

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i. General consensus that this is a disorder of cognition and perception with strong emotional contributions

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What is the vicious circle for somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorders

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ii. By quickly focussing on sensations, they actually increase arousal, giving you anxiety, which causes you to focus on sensations, starting vicious circle

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What can be said about the sensitivity of people with somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorders?

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iii. These people have high sensitivity to illness cues, and interpret ambiguous stimuli as threatening

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People with somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorders have high sensitivity to illness cues. Why could this be caused by their familial context?

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  1. A family may cause a person to learn to focus their anxiety on specific symptoms
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What are two effective ways to treat somatic symptom and illness anxiety disorders?

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i. Cogntive behavioural treatment (CBT) for illness anxiety

ii. Reassurance and education can actually be very effective

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Define Psychological Factors affecting Medical Condition

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i. Disorder is present with a diagnosed medical condition

ii. The anxiety over symptoms can actually worsen the symptoms

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Define conversion disorder

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i. Physical malfunction, such as blindness, seizures or paralysis, without any physical or organic pathology to explain it

19
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What is another name for conversion disorder?

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functional neurological symptom disorder