Functional Symptoms Flashcards
1
Q
What are functional symptoms?
A
symptoms where no organic disease process can be identified
2
Q
What are common functional symptoms?
A
pain altered sensation weakness cognitive symptoms bladder and bowel problems seizures movement disorders dizziness speech problems
3
Q
What are severe functional symptoms?
A
charcots gait
hemiparesis
4
Q
What is depersonalisation?
A
feeling like your body doesnt belong to you
5
Q
What is derealisation?
A
feeling like you are disconnected from the world or spaced out
6
Q
What is dissociation?
A
detachment from reality
7
Q
How do you manage functional symptoms?
A
always examine them
ask about psychiatric and mood symptoms at the end
explain what the symptoms are
8
Q
How do you treat functional symptoms?
A
CBT
