Lecture 3 Flashcards
A group of psychiatric conditions where patients experience distressing physical symptoms that are not fully explained byother medical, neurologic, or psychiatric disorders, as well as abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in response to these
symptoms.
These disorders are characterized by the prominent focus on somatic concerns and their initial presentation is mainly in medical rather than mental health care settings.
Individuals with these disorders that have prominent somatic symptoms are commonly encountered in primary care and other medical settings but are less commonly encountered in psychiatric and other mental health settings.
SOMATIC SYMPTOM AND RELATED
DISORDERS
Somatic symptom and related disorder characterized one or more somatic symptoms that are distressing or result in significant disruption of daily life.
1. Excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors related to the somatic symptoms or
associated health concerns as manifested by at least one of the following:
a. Disproportionate and persistent thoughts about the seriousness of one’s symptoms.
b. Persistently high level of anxiety about health or symptoms.
c. Excessive time and energy devoted to these symptoms or health concerns.
2. Although any one somatic symptom may not be continuously present, the state of
being symptomatic is persistent (typically more than 6 months)
Somatic Symptom Disorder:
Somatic symptom and related disorder characterized by the preoccupation with having or
acquiring a serious illness.
1. Somatic symptoms are not present or, if present, are only mild in intensity. If another medical
condition is present or there is a high risk for developing a medical condition, the preoccupation is
clearly excessive or disproportionate.
2. There is a high level of anxiety about health, and the individual is easily alarmed about personal
health status.
3. The individual performs excessive health-related behaviors or exhibits maladaptive avoidance.
4. Illness preoccupation has been present for at least 6 months, but the specific illness that is feared
may change over that period of time.
5. The illness-related preoccupation is not better explained by another mental disorder, such as
somatic symptom disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, body dysmorphic
disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or delusional disorder, somatic type.
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Somatic symptom and related disorder characterized by one or more symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function.
1. Clinical findings provide evidence of incompatibility between the
symptom and recognized neurological or medical conditions.
2. The symptom or deficit is not better explained by another medical or
mental disorder.
3. The symptom or deficit causes clinically significant distress or impairment
in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning or
warrants medical evaluation.
Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder)
A medical symptom or condition (other than a mental disorder) is present.
Psychological or behavioral factors adversely affect the medical condition in one of the
following ways:
The factors have influenced the course of the medical condition as shown by a close temporal association between the psychological factors and the development or exacerbation of, or delayed recovery from, the medical condition.
1. The factors interfere with the treatment of the medical condition.
2. The factors constitute additional well-established health risks for the individual.
3. The factors influence the underlying pathophysiology, precipitating or exacerbating
symptoms or necessitating medical attention.
The psychological and behavioral factors in Criterion B are not better explained by
another mental disorder.
Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions
Somatic symptom and related disorder characterized by the falsification of physical or psychological signs or symptoms, or induction of injury or disease,
associated with identified deception.
1. The individual presents himself or herself to others as ill, impaired, or injured.
2. The deceptive behavior is evident even in the absence of obvious external rewards.
3. The behavior is not better explained by another mental disorder, such as delusional
disorder or another psychotic disorder.
Extreme Factitious Disorder
These disorders are characterized by a persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning.
FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS
Feeding and eating disorder characterized by the persistent eating of nonnutritive, nonfood substances over a period of at least 1 month.
1. The eating of nonnutritive, nonfood substances is inappropriate to the
developmental level of the individual.
2. The eating behavior is not part of a culturally supported or socially
normative practice.
3. If the eating behavior occurs in the context of another mental disorder or medical condition, it is sufficiently severe to warrant additional clinical attention.
Pica
Feeding and eating disorder characterized by the repeated
regurgitation of food over a period of at least 1 month.
1. Regurgitated food may be re-chewed, re-swallowed, or spit out.
2. The repeated regurgitation is not attributable to an associated
gastrointestinal or other medical condition.
3. The eating disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder,
or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
4. If the symptoms occur in the context of another mental disorder, they
are sufficiently severe to warrant additional clinical attention.
Rumination Disorder
Feeding and eating disorder characterized by an eating or feeding disturbance as
manifested by persistent failure to meet appropriate nutritional and/or energy
needs associated with one (or more) of the following:
a. Significant weight loss.
b. Significant nutritional deficiency.
c. Dependence on enteral feeding or oral nutritional supplements.
d. Marked interference with psychosocial functioning.
1. The disturbance is not better explained by lack of available food or by an associated culturally
sanctioned practice.
2. The eating disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of anorexia nervosa or
bulimia nervosa, and there is no evidence of a disturbance in the way in which one’s body
weight or shape is experienced.
3. The eating disturbance is not attributable to a concurrent medical condition or not better
explained by another mental disorder. When the eating disturbance occurs in the context of
another condition or disorder, the severity of the eating disturbance exceeds that routinely
associated with the condition or disorder and warrants additional clinical attention.
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Feeding and eating disorder characterized by the restriction of energy
intake relative to requirements, leading to a significantly low body
weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and
physical health.
1. There is an intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or persistent
behavior that interferes with weight gain, even though at a significantly low
weight.
2. Significantly low weight is defined as a weight that is less than minimally
normal or, for children and adolescents, less than that minimally expected.
3. Disturbance in the way in which one’s body weight or shape is experienced,
undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or persistent
lack of recognition of the seriousness of the current low body weight.
Anorexia Nervosa
Feeding and eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating.
An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
a. Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that
is definitely larger than what most individuals would eat in a similar period of time under
similar circumstances.
b. A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot
stop eating or control what or how much one is eating).
1. There are recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors in order to prevent
weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or other
medications; fasting; or excessive exercise.
2. The binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors both occur, on
average, at least once a week for 3 months.
3. Self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.
4. The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa:
Feeding and eating disorder characterized by the characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating.
1. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
1. Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than what
most people would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances.
2. A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or
how much one is eating).
2. The binge-eating episodes are associated with three (or more) of the following:
1. Eating much more rapidly than normal.
2. Eating until feeling uncomfortably full.
3. Eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry.
4. Eating alone because of feeling embarrassed by how much one is eating.
5. Feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed, or very guilty afterward.
3. Marked distress regarding binge eating is present.
4. The binge eating occurs, on average, at least once a week for 3 months.
5. The binge eating is not associated with the recurrent use of inappropriate compensatory behavior as in bulimia
nervosa and does not occur exclusively during the course of bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa.
Binge-Eating Disorder
These disorder involve the inappropriate elimination of urine or
feces and are usually first diagnosed in childhood or
adolescence.
ELIMINATION DISORDERS
Elimination disorder characterized by repeated voiding of urine into
bed or clothes, whether involuntary or intentional.
1. The behavior is clinically significant as manifested by either a frequency
of at least twice a week for at least 3 consecutive months or the
presence of clinically significant distress or impairment in social,
academic (occupational), or other important areas of functioning.
2. Chronological age is at least 5 years (or equivalent developmental
level).
3. The behavior is not attributable to the physiological effects of a
substance (e.g., a diuretic, an antipsychotic medication) or another
medical condition (e.g., diabetes, spina bifida, a seizure disorder).
Enuresis
Elimination disorder characterized by repeated passage of feces
into inappropriate places (e.g., clothing, floor), whether involuntary
or intentional.
1. At least one such event occurs each month for at least 3 months.
2. Chronological age is at least 4 years (or equivalent developmental
level).
3. The behavior is not attributable to the physiological effects of a
substance (e.g., laxatives) or another medical condition except through
a mechanism involving constipation.
Encopresis
Individuals with these disorders typically present with sleep-wake
complaints of dissatisfaction regarding the quality, timing, and
amount of sleep.
Resulting daytime distress and impairment are core features
shared by these disorders.
Sleep-wake disorders
are a heterogeneous group of disorders that are typically
characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in a person’s
ability to respond sexually or to experience sexual pleasure.
Sexual Dysfunction
As a general descriptive term refers to an individual’s
affective/cognitive discontent with the assigned gender but is more
specifically defined when used as a diagnostic category.
Gender Dysphoria
Sexual dysfunction disorder characterized by either of the following symptoms
must be experienced on almost all or all occasions (approximately 75%–100%) of
partnered sexual activity (in identified situational contexts or, if generalized, in all
contexts), and without the individual desiring delay:
a. Marked delay in ejaculation.
b. Marked infrequency or absence of ejaculation.
1. Theses symptoms have persisted for a minimum duration of approximately 6
months.
2. These symptoms cause clinically significant distress in the individual.
3. The sexual dysfunction is not better explained by a nonsexual mental disorder or
as a consequence of severe relationship distress or other significant stressors and is
not attributable to the effects of a substance/medication or another medical
condition.
Delayed Ejaculation