Somatic & Dissociative

Question 1

What is somatization?

Answer 1

physical symptoms resulting from psychological symptoms

Question 2

5 somatic symptom disorders?

Answer 2

somatic symptom disorder
illness anxiety disorder
conversion disorder
psychological factors of medical conditions
factitious disorder

Question 3

What is somatic symptom disorder?

Answer 3

somatic symptoms that are distressing
persistent thoughts about the seriousness of the symptom
high level of anxiety

Question 4

What is illness anxiety disorder?

Answer 4

preoccupation with having an illness (hypochondria)

somatic symptoms not present or mild

Question 5

Somatic symptom disorder tx?

Answer 5

psychotherapy

Question 6

illness anxiety tx?

Answer 6

therapy, set limits about visits

Question 7

What is conversion disorder?

Answer 7

altered motor fxn or sensory, not explained by an illness

Question 8

Conversion disorder tx?

Answer 8

PT/OT/Speech, supportive therapy

Question 9

What is factitious disorder?

Answer 9

falsification of signs or symptoms to deceive (without reward)

Question 10

3 dissociative disorders?

Answer 10

dissociative identity disorder
dissociative amnesia
depersonalization-derealization disorder

Question 11

What is dissociative identity disorder?

Answer 11

two or more personalities and marked discontinuity

Question 12

What is dissociative amnesia?

Answer 12

inability to remember life events, particularly traumatic events

Question 13

What is dissociative fugue?

Answer 13

travel or wandering after amnesia in search of indentity

Question 14

What is depersonalization-derealization disorder?

Answer 14

feeling of being an outside observer of body
AND/OR
feeling that the world isn’t real