Exam 2- Somatic disorders

Question 1

What types of disorders involves a person having a significant focus on physical symptoms that result in major distress and/or problems functioning?

Answer 1

Somatic symptom disorder

Question 2

What is the technical term for hypochondria?

Answer 2

Hypochondriasis

Question 3

What is it called when someone has an obsession with the idea of having a serious but undiagnosed medical condition?

Answer 3

Hypochondriasis

Question 4

When does hypochondriasis usually develop?

Answer 4

During adulthood

Question 5

Having long-term and intense fear of having a serious condition and worry that minor symptoms indicate something serious is a S/S of what?

Answer 5

Hypochondriasis

Question 6

A person with what may frequent visit or switch doctors?

Answer 6

Hypochondriasis

Question 7

People with hypochondriasis may experience pain caused by what?

Answer 7

• Psychological factors
• Anxiety or panic attacks
• Fear of catching disease
• Paranoia

Question 8

A mental condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that can’t be explained by medical evaluation is what disorder?

Answer 8

Conversion disorder

Question 9

Do S/S of conversion disorder affect body function/movement as well as the senses?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

What are S/S of conversion disorder that affect the body/movement?

Answer 10

• Weakness or paralysis
• Abnormal movement, such as tremor or difficulty walking
• Loss of balance
• Difficulty swallowing or feeling a “lump” in the throat
• Seizures or episodes of shaking and apparent loss of consciousness (non epileptic seizures)
• Episodes of unresponsiveness

Question 11

What are S/S of conversion disorder that affect the senses?

Answer 11

• Numbness or loss of touch sensation
• Speech problems, such as inability to speak or slurred speech
• Vision problems, such as double vision or blindess
• Hearing problems or deafness

Question 12

A chronic pain experienced by a patient in one or more areas and is thought to be caused by psychological stress is called what disorder?

Answer 12

Pain disorder

Question 13

Unlike acute pain, this condition does not go away after your initial injury or illness if halted. This refers to what disorder?

Answer 13

Pain disorder

Question 14

What disorder is marked by pain that lasts longer than six months and is often accompanied by anger, depression, anxiety, loss of sexual desire, and disability?

Answer 14

Pain disorder

Question 15

Although patients tend to have normal appearance, their preoccupation with an imagined defective body part results in obsessional thinking and compulsive behavior such as mirror checking and camouflaging in what disorder?

Answer 15

Body dysmorphic disorder

Question 16

What are S/S of body dysmorphic disorder?

Answer 16

Anxiety or general discontent resulting in unwanted thoughts, compulsive behavior, or depression

Question 17

Somatoform disorder not otherwise specified is what kind of disorder?

Answer 17

A somatic symptom disorder

Question 18

Any mental disorder that manifests as physical symptoms that suggest illness or injury, but cannot be explained fully by general medical conditioned or by the direct effect of a substance, and are not attributed to another mental disorder are called what?

Answer 18

Somatoform disorder not otherwise specified

Question 19

What are S/S of a Somatoform disorder?

Answer 19

• GI issues
• Pain
• Pseudo neurologic issues
• Sexual issues