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Midterm #1 - Preoccupation and Obsession Flashcards

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soma

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  • body
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somatic symptom

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  • relate to body (pain)
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somatic symptom disorder criterion A

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  • 1+ somatic symptom
  • distressing/results in significant disruption of daily life
  • THERE IS A SYMPTOM
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somatic symptom disorder criterion B

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  • excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviours related to somatic symptoms
  • disruptive and persistent thoughts
  • persistent high level of anxiety
  • excessive time and energy devoted to symptoms
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somatic symptom disorder criterion C

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  • symptom may not be continuously present
  • state of being symptomatic is present
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illness anxiety disorder criterion A

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  • preoccupation with having/getting a serious illness
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illness anxiety disorder criterion B

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  • somatic symptoms not present
  • preoccupation clearly disproportionate
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illness anxiety disorder criterion C

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  • high anxiety about health
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illness anxiety disorder criterion D

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  • performs excessive health related behaviours
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illness anxiety disorder criterion E

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  • preoccupation present for 6+ months
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causes of somatic symptom and illness anxiety

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  • extra sensitivity to illness cues
  • genetic causes (modelling)
  • trauma
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treatment of somatic symptom and illness anxiety

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  • CBT to reduce stress
  • exposure: minimize health seeking behaviours
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conversion disorder criterion A

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  • 1+ symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function
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conversion disorder criterion B

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  • evidence of incompatibility between symptoms and recognized neurological/medical conditions
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conversion disorder criterion C

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  • symptom/deficit not better explained by another disorder
  • physical symptom with no cause
  • psychological effecting physical
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conversion disorder - functional neurological disorder

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  • functional = severe physical dysfunction without organic cause
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malingering

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factitous disorder

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  • between malingering and conversion
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factitious disorder imposed on another

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  • providing symptoms in another
  • usually mother to child
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OCD criterion A

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  • presence of obsessions, compulsions, or both
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obsession

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  • recurrent/persistent thoughts, urges, or images
  • intrusive, cause anxiety/stress
  • attempts to ignore/supress thoughts with a compulsion
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compulsion

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  • response to obsession
  • repetitive behaviours or mental acts in response
  • behaviour/mental acts used to prevent/reduce distress or situation
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OCD criterion B

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  • obsessions/compulsions are time consuming or caused clinically significant distress or impairment
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vicious cycle of OCD

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  • obsessive thought
  • anxiety
  • compulsion
  • temporary relief
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OCD stats

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  • 1.6%-2.3% lifetime prevalence
  • 1:1 male-to-female ratio, but more boys than girls in childhood
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OCD causes

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  • thoughts regulated by brain circuits (like anxiety)
  • thought suppression leads to compulsions
  • stress/trauma
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OCD treatment

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  • exposure and response prevention
    1) exposure to feared though 2) prevent typical response
  • SSRIs, some short-term effectiveness
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body dysmorphic disorder criterion A

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  • preoccupation with one or more physical flaw or defect
  • not very observable to others
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body dysmorphic disorder criterion B

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  • repetitive behaviours
  • ie. grooming, mirror checking, skin picking, looking for reassurance
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treatment of body dysmorphic disorder

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  • exposure and response prevention
  • similar to OCD
  • SSRI?
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how much have cosmetic procedures increased by?

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plastic surgery and BDD

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  • 8%-25% of ppl who get surgery
  • unsatisfied, get more surgeries
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trichotillomania

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  • urge to pull out hair
34
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excoriation

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  • skin-picking

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