Delusions of Illness

Question 1

define hypochondriasis

Answer 1

excessive, irrational feature of having or developing a disease

Question 2

define malingering

Answer 2

fakes or causes disease to escape obligation or to obtain a reward such as benefits or legal rewards

Question 3

define somatisation disorder

Answer 3

seek different HCP advice with multiple symptoms
impacts social and family functioning
refuses to except negative results/ reassurance

Question 4

how long does somatisation disorder have to be present for diagnosis?

Answer 4

at least 2 years

Question 5

define factitious disorder

Answer 5

fake or induced-physical or psychological complaints and submit to unwarranted invasive procedures

Question 6

extreme form of factitious disorder?

Answer 6

Munchausen syndrome

Question 7

define conversion disorder

Answer 7

neurological deficit (paralysis, pseudoseizure, numbness) in absence of somatic cause

Question 8

define dissociative disorder

Answer 8

separates certain memories from normal consciousness

Question 9

what is dissociative fugue?

Answer 9

dissociative amnesia with loss of autobiographical memory with travel away usually