Chapter 6

Question 1

Somatic symptoms disorder

Answer 1

extreme and long-lasting focus on multiple physical symptoms for which no medical cause is evident.

Question 2

Conversion symptom

Question 3

There is real pain in somatic disorders

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Illness anxiety disorder

Answer 4

somatic symptom disorder (previously known as somatoform disorder) involving severe anxiety over belief in having a disease process without any evident physical cause.

Question 5

illness anxiety disorder the concern is primarily with the … of being sick instead of the … symptom itself

Answer 5

Idea, physical

Question 6

Diagnostic Criteria for Somatic Symptom Disorder

Answer 6

Distressing or disruptive symptoms
Excessive thoughts and anxiety
Excessive time and E devoted
Symptoms persistent for more than 6 mo

Question 7

People with illness anxiety disorders commonly go to these kind of doctors

Answer 7

Primary care

Question 8

Diagnostic Criteria for Illness Anxiety Disorder

Answer 8

No symptoms
Preoccupation w having a disease
Anxiety about health
Excessive health related checks
Illness preoccupation for 6 or more mo
No other disorder presented

Question 9

Somatic vs panic disorders

Answer 9

Panic disorder, about immediate fear of another panic attack,
Somatic is worried about long illness

Question 10

koro

Answer 10

severe anxiety and sometimes panic, that the genitals are retracting into the abdomen

Question 11

dhat

Answer 11

prevalent in India, is an anxious concern about losing semen

Question 12

psychological factors affecting medical condition

Answer 12

somatic symptom disorder with the presence of a diagnosed medical condition (such as asthma, diabetes, or severe pain) clearly caused by a known medical condition (such as cancer) that is adversely affected by one or more psychological or behavioral factors.

Question 13

Functional Neurological Symptom Disorders (Conversion Disorders)

Answer 13

Physical malfunctioning, such as blindness or paralysis, suggesting neurological impairment but with no organic pathology to account for it.

Question 14

Malingering

Answer 14

Faking

Question 15

Diagnostic Criteria for Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (Conversion Disorder)

Answer 15

symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function,
Not better explained by another disorder

causes clinically significant distress or impairment

Question 16

dissociative experiences

Answer 16

individuals feel detached from themselves or their surroundings, almost as if they are dreaming or living in slow motion,

Question 17

depersonalization

Answer 17

lose the sense of your own reality, as if you were in a dream and you were watching yourself

Question 18

derealization

Answer 18

Situation in which the individual loses a sense of the reality of the external world.

Question 19

Part of brain that releases low frequency waves that explain dissociation

Answer 19

retrosplenial cortex

Question 20

depersonalization-derealization disorder

Answer 20

feelings of depersonalization are so severe they dominate the client’s life and prevent normal functioning