Somatic symptom and related disorders; Non-adherence to medical treatments

Question 1

A condition in which a person, without a motive for reward, acts as if they have an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating symptoms, purely to attain (for themselves or for another) a patient’s role.

Answer 1

Factitious disorder

Question 2

Obsession with the idea of having a serious but undiagnosed medical condition

This preoccupation is present for at least 6 months and is not better explained by another mental disorder (e.g., obsessive-compulsive disorder and somatic symptom disorder)

Answer 2

Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis)

Question 3

Preoccupation with having a serious illness

More than one somatic symptom that is distressing to the patient and causing significant amount of disruption to life.

somatic symptom must be persistent for ≥ 6 months although these symptoms don’t have to always be present

Answer 3

somatic symptom disorder