[Exam 3] Chapter 21 - Somatic Symptom Illnesses Flashcards
What does psychosomatic mean?
Used to convey the connection between the mind (psyche) and the body (soma) in states of health and illness. Essentially, mind can cause body to create physical symptoms
Examples of real symptoms that can begin/worsen because of emotional factors?
Diabetes, hypertension, and colitis
What does hysteria mean?
Multiple physical complaints with no organic basis; complaints are usually dramatic
Sigmund Freud observed that people with hysteria improved with what?
Hyponosis and experienced relief from their physical symptoms when they recalled memories and expressed emotions
Freud developed somatization, which is what?
That people can convert unexpressed emotions into physical symptoms
Definition of Somatization?
TRansference of mental experiences and states into bodily symptoms.
What can somatic symptom illnesses be categorized as?
presence of physical symptoms that suggest a medical condition without a demonstrable organic basis
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: What are the three central features of this?
Physical commplains suggest major medical illness but have no organic basis
Psychological factors and conflicts seem important in initiating, excarbating and maintaing symtoms
Symptoms or magnified health concerns not under clients conscious control
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: How do patients feel about their illness?
They are convienced that have serious physical problems despite negative test results
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?
One or more physical symptoms that have no organic basis. Individual spends a lot of energy focused on health concerns, believe symptoms indicate serious illness, and experience anxiety
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: What is Conversion Disorder?
Unexplained, usually sudden deficits in sensory/motor (sudden blindness).
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: What does Conversion Disorder suually suggest?
A neurologic disorder but associated with psycholigcla factors. Significant functional impairment. May have la belle indifference about functional loss
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: In conversion disorder, what is la belle indifference?
A seeming lack of concern or distress
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: What is Pain disorder?
Primary physical symptom of pain, thats unrelieved by analgesics and affected by onset, severity, exacerbation, and maintenance
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: What is illness anxiety disorder (formerly hypochondriasis)
Preoccupation with fear that one has a serious disease (disease conviction)or one will get this (disease phobia).
Overview of Somatic Symptom Illness: More common in who?
Women, and represenet 5-7% of population.
Somatic Symptom Onset/Clinical: When does this appear?
Symptoms in adolescence, but may not diagnose until early adulthood (25 yeaars)
Somatic Symptom Onset/Clinical: When does conversion disorder occur?
BEtween ages 10-35 years
Somatic Symptom Onset/Clinical: When does pain disorder and illness anxiety disorder occur?
At any age
Somatic Symptom Onset/Clinical: When do those with somatic symptom illness and conversion disorder seek help?
After they’ve exhausted efforts at finding a diagnosed medical condition
Somatic Symptom Onset/Clinical: Those with illness anxiety or pain disorder and their chances of receiving tx?
Unlikely to receive treatment in mental health setting unless they have a comorbid condition
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: What are fabricated or induced illness?
They are malingering and factitious disorders in which people feign or intentionally produce symptoms for some purpose or gain . They willfully control symptoms
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: What is Malingering?
Intentional production of false or grossly exaggerated physical or psychological symptoms (To avoid work, evade crime, or obtain financial compensation).
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: Symptoms in malingering?
Have no real physical symptoms or grossly exaggerate relatively mintor symptoms
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: Why do people malinger?
External incentive or outcome that they view as important. They can stop physical symptoms as soon as they gained what they wanted
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: What is factitious disorder, imposed on self?
Occurs when a person intentionally produces or feigns physical or psychological symptoms solely to gain attention . May inflect injury on themselves.
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: What is factitious disorder, imposed on self known as?
Muchausen Syndrome
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: What is Factitious disorder, imposed on others?
Mychausen Syndrome by Proxy
Occurs when person inflects illness or injury on someone else to gain the attention of emergency medical personnel or to be hero for saving the victim
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: Example of Mychausen Syndrome by proxy?
Nurse gives excess IV potassium to client then “Saves his life” by perform CPR.
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: Who is most likely to get factitious disorders?
People who are in or familiar with medical professions.
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: What do medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and functional somatic syndromes refer to?
Physical symptoms and limitations of function that has no medical diagnoses to explain their existence.
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: Why is MUS more often acceptablefor the patient?
because it doens’t have the connotation of “it’s all in your head”.
Somatic Symptom Illness and Related Disorders: Effective treatmetn from patients perspective include what?
being listened to and heard regarding symptoms, learning to cope with symptoms and limitations, and learning to ignore some symptoms when possible.
Etiology and Psychosocial Theories: What do these theorists believe?
Believe people with soamtic symptom illnesses keep stress, anxiety, or frustration inside rather than expressing outwardly (internalization) . Express feelings through physical symptoms
Etiology and Psychosocial Theories: Some people exerience alexithymia, which is what?
the inability to identify emotions . Have difficulty dealing with interpersonal conflict
Etiology and Psychosocial Theories: Worsening of physical symptoms helpspeople meet what?
Psychological needs for security, attention, and affection through primary adn secondary gain
Etiology and Psychosocial Theories: What are primary gains?
Direct internal benefits that being sick provides, such as relief of anxiety, conflict, or distress
Etiology and Psychosocial Theories: What are secondary gains?
external or personal benefits received from others because one is sick, such as attention from family members and comfort measures
Etiology and Biologic Theories: How may clients handle stimuli here?
They experience normal body sesnation sucha s peristalsis and attach a pathologic rather than normal meaning to it
Etiology and Biologic Theories: Example of having too little inhibition of sensory input?
It amplifies awareness of physical symptoms.
Minor discomfort such as muscle tightness becomes amplified because of clients concerns and attention to tightness