somatic disorders and related disorders and dissociative disorders

Question 1

somatic symptom disorder

Answer 1

excessively distressed and anxious abt bodily symptoms they are experiencing -> their lives are disrupted by the symptoms

Question 2

Somatization pattern

Answer 2

somatic symptom disorder
a variety of somatic symptoms

Question 3

Predominant pain pattern

Answer 3

somatic symptom disorder
experience of bodily pain -> often after an accident or illness

Question 4

illness anxiety disorder

Answer 4

Hypochondriasis
fears of having or acquiring a serious illness with absence or mild somatic symptoms

Question 5

conversion disorder or functional neurological symptom disorder

Answer 5

altered voluntary motor or sensory function
incompatibility between symptoms and neurological/medical conditions

Question 6

conversion disorder causes and treatment

Answer 6

treatment: CBT
causes: trigger -> traumatic event that must be escaped

Question 7

fauctitious disorder

Answer 7

feigning it inducing physical symptoms
münchausen syndrome by proxy

Question 8

Dissociative amnesia

Answer 8

inability to recall important autobiographical information -> traumatic or stressful nature

1. generalized amnesia for identity or life history
2. localised / specific amnesia