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Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Flashcards

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Category of disorders defined by anxiety about health and excessive focus on physical symptoms

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Somatic symptom and related disorders

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What are 2 neurobiological factors in the shared etiology of somatic symptom and related disorders?

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  • Increased activity in anterior insula and anterior cingulate (both of which are strongly connected with the somatosensory cortex)
  • Stress hormones
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How does reinforcement play a role in somatic symptom and related disorders?

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When the person assumes the role of being sick, they may seek reassurance, which may be reinforced if they get attention or sympathy.

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Somatic symptom and related disorder involving extreme and long-lasting focus on multiple physical symptoms for which no medical cause is evident

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Somatic symptom disorder

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How long should the distress over somatic symptom(s) persist to meet the diagnostic criteria for somatic symptom disorder?

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Typically more than 6 months

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True or False: 1 somatic symptom should be continuously present for more than 6 months to meet the diagnostic criteria for somatic symptom disorder.

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False

Any one somatic symptom may not be continuously present, but the state of being symptomatic should be persistent.

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True or False: Somatic symptoms without an evident medical explanation are sufficient to make the diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder.

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False

It is not sufficient to make this diagnosis.

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True or False: Somatic symptom disorder and a concurrent medical illness are not mutually exclusive.

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True

They frequently occur together.

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From a psychological perspective, where do individuals with somatic symptom disorder get their dysfunctional illness beliefs and attitudes from?

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Parents who catastrophize their somatic symptoms (which is modeled by the individual)

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State at least 3 social contributions to the development of somatic symptom disorder.

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  • Childhood neglect by parents who somatize
  • Family history of physical illness
  • Early trauma
  • Low socioeconomic status
  • Low educational attainment
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What medication is prescribed to reduce chronic pain and distress in somatic symptom disorder?

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Antidepressants

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Apart from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), state 1 psychotherapy approach used to treat somatic symptom disorder.

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  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Third-wave therapies (e.g., acceptance and commitment therapy [ACT])
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Somatic symptom and related disorder involving severe anxiety over the belief in having a disease without any evident physical cause

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Illness anxiety disorder

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What is the minimum duration for illness preoccupation in illness anxiety disorder?

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At least 6 months

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What are the 2 specifiers of illness anxiety disorder

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  1. Care-seeking type
  2. Care-avoidant type
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A mistaken, difficult-to-share belief that one has a disease

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Disease conviction

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True or False: Reassurance and education can be effective in some cases with health anxiety.

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True

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Somatic symptom and related disorder characterized by physical malfunctioning that suggests neurological impairment but with no organic pathology to account for it

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Functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)

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True or False: The term conversion disorder originated with Jean-Martin Charcot.

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False

The term originated with Sigmund Freud, who thought that anxiety and psychological conflcit were converted into physical symptoms.

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True or False: The diagnosis of functional neurological symptom disorder should be made when the results from investigations are normal or when the symptom is bizarre.

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False

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Conversion symptom defined by the loss of the sense of smell

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Anosmia

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Conversion symptom that occurs when the person experiences little or no sensation in the hand and lower arm

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Glove anesthesia

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Seizures that are psychological in origin

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

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Conversion symptom characterized by the sensation of a lump in the throat that makes it difficult to swallow, eat, or sometimes talk

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Globus hystericus

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Phenomenon in which the visual field is constricted, as it would be if the person were peering through a tube

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Tunnel vision

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Conversion symptom whereby the individual loses their voice other than whispered speech

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Aphonia

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Phenomenon characterized by a lack of concern about one’s conversion symptoms

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La belle indifference

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The course of functional neurological symptom disorder is often persistent.

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False

The course can be transient and may often disappear after a time, only to return later in the same or similar form when a new stressor occurs.

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Freud’s term for reduction in anxiety from transferring psychic energy attached to repressed emotions or memories to physical symptoms

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Primary gain

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Freud’s term for benefits gained, such as receiving attention and concern and being relieved of obligation and expectations, that reinforce the conversion symptoms

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Secondary gain

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What psychological factor is implicated in functional neurological symptom disorder, in which sensory or motor functions are dissociated from consciousness in reaction to extreme stress?

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Spontaneous self-hypnosis

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What parenting style contributes to the development of functional neurological symptom disorder?

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Overinvolved or overprotective parenting

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State 2 sociocultural contributions in the development of functional neurological symptom disorder.

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  • Repressive sexual attitudes
  • Low educational attainment
  • Low socioeconomic status (SES)
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State 2 psychotherapy approaches used to treat functional neurological symptom disorder.

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  • Psychoanalytic therapy
  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
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True or False: Psychodynamic treatment for somatic symptom and related disorders shows long-term effectiveness in alleviating physical symptoms.

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False

It is only effective in the short term.

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State at least 2 behavioral strategies in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for somatic symptom and related disorders.

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  • Exposure
  • Assertiveness training
  • Social skills training
37
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Disorder defined by deliberate faking of a physical or psychological disorder motivated by gain

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Malingering

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True or False: Malingerers are fully aware of what they are doing.

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True

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Disorder whereby the individual deliberately fakes a nonexistent physical or psychological disorder for no apparent gain except possibly sympathy and attention

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Factitious disorder

40
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Condition when an individual deliberately makes someone else sick

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Factitious disorder imposed on another (Munchausen syndrome by proxy)

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True or False: In factitious disorder imposed on another, the individual who is deliberately making someone else sick is aware of their abuse.

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False

Awareness of abuse is not usually present.

42
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Other specified somatic symptom and related disorder characterized by a false belief of being pregnant that is associated with objective signs and reported symptoms of pregnancy

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Pseudocyesis

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