Chap 7 Flashcards
Somatic symptom disorder(somatization disorder)
Condition involving pattern of reporting distressing physical symptoms combined with extreme concern about health or fears of having an on diagnosed medical condition.occurs for at least six months and also involves persistent thoughts or high anxiety regarding the symptoms and associated health concerns. Excessive focus in catastrophic thoughts related to the physical symptoms 2% women and .2 of men
Illness anxiety disorder
Chronic pattern of at least six months of preoccupation with having or contracting a serious illness or illnesses. In contrast with SSD, illness anxiety disorder involves minimal or no somatic symptoms .individuals are very anxious and easily alarmed about their health may result in excess of health related behaviors. Individual misinterprets probably very oceans or sensations as indications of a serious donis undetected disease and becomes distressed strong tendency to catastrophize, overgeneralize, display all or nothing thinking, selective attention medical information and focus primarily on threatening information.4-6% of people who visit doctors
Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptoms disorder)
Involves motor sensory or seizure like symptoms that are inconsistent with any recognize neurological or medical disorder resulting in significant distress or impairment life activities. symptoms such as muscle weakness or paralysis, unusual movement, swallowing difficulties, problems with speech,seizures or lost sensation maybe involved. Involve psycho genic movement disorders
Psycho genic
Originated from psychological causes. Symptoms aremovement disorders such as the stance and walking symptoms, blindness and loss of voice, and psychogenic seizures. They are not consciously faking symptoms.
Mallingering
Feigning illness for an external purpose of just getting out of work duties
Factitious disorder
Person deliberately induces or simulate symptoms of physical or mental illness with no apparent incentive other than attention
Factitious disorder and post on self
Symptoms of illness are deliberately induced simulated or exaggerated on oneself with no apparent external incentive previously known as hospital addiction or professional patient syndrome or Munchhausen syndrome. Maybe done compulsively may not know why doing it. 1.3% adults
Factitious disorder and post on another
Munchhausen syndrome by proxy. In majority of cases mother who appears to be loving and attentive towards child while simultaneously sabotaging the child’s health sometimes by poisoning or suffocation. Warning signs and symptoms that only occur when around and insistence on medical tests that are invasive. Mortality rate of up to 9%
Biological causes of SSD and related dissorters
Genetics only modestly contribute, environment plays a greater role. Biological vulnerabilities,such as lower pain threshold, heightened sensitivity to pain, andgreater sensitivity to somatic cues are suspected of playing a key role in somatic symptoms and health anxiety. Studies have found that those with chronic pain condition have reduced cerebral gray matter in the prefrontal areas of the brain, may have excitability between areas of brain related to emotional behaviorswhileconversion disorder may result from abnormal actions of inhibitory neural systems
Psychological dimensions of somatic illnesses
Somatic symptoms the phone against the awareness of unconscious emotional issues. Freud believes hysterical re actions caused by repression of some type of conflict issues sexual.To protect the individual from anxiety, this conflict is converted into symptoms
Secondary psychological game
Whenperson dependancy needs fulfilled by attention and sympathy
Cbt perspective of somatic disorder’s
Reinforcement Madeline lessons or a confirmation for developing ssd. People assume the Cipro because it is reinforcing and allows him to escape unpleasant circumstances or responsibilities. Convalesce serious illness physical injury and depression situations are all associated with increased risk of developing S SD. Catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations or changes in bodily functions in SSD and illness anxiety disorder. Catastrophic cognitions related to somatic symptoms are more likely to develop those who are biologically or psychologically pre-disposed to baseball, people with low somatic sensitivity a low pain threshold a history of illness or who have received paternal attention for somatic symptoms
Social dimension of somatic symptom and related disorders
Being rejected by family members feeling unloved, abuse, history of sexual abuse , serious physical illness in the past 12 months ,parental characteristics preoccupied with overly attentive to somatic complaints of children , parents or family members with chronic illness or hi anxiety
Sociocultural dimension of somatic illness
Conversion disorder was initially called hysteria and was viewed as a problem that afflicted only women name comes from hysteria the ancient Greek word for you to list. Carpet is believed that a shifter movement of the uterus or so to complaints of breathing difficulties paralysis and seizures
Psycho somatic perspective
Psychological conflicts or sometimes expressed fear physical symptoms
Somatopsychic perspective
Physical problems produce psychological and emotional symptoms other cultures
Newer psychological approach to treating SSD and illness anxiety disorder
Demonstrate empathy regarding the physical complaints except them as genuine and provide information about symptoms that are often stress related. Describe how emotions such as anxiety can produce symptoms such as queasiness before a public speech. Emphasize that due to the absence of medical findings the chances for a positive outcome a good