Somatic symptoms and related disorders

Question 1

Define somatic symptom disorder

Answer 1

characterised by high levels of anxiety and persistent worry about somatic signs and symptoms that are misinterpreted as having a medical disorder. Known as hypochondriasis

Question 2

Define Illness anxiety disorder

Answer 2

fear of being sick with few or no somatic symptoms.

Question 3

Define functional neurological symptoms disorder/ Conversion disorder

Answer 3

characterised by unexplained voluntary or motor sensory deficits that suggest the presence of a neurological or other general medical condition. Psychological conflict is determined to be responsible for the symptoms.

Question 4

Define psychological factors affecting other medical conditions

Answer 4

psychological problems that negatively affect a medical condition by increasing risk of an adverse outcome

Question 5

Define Factitious disorder

Answer 5

Munchausen syndrome
deliberate feigning of physical or psychological symptoms to assume the sick role.
Factitious disorder imposed on another e.g. mother and child

Question 6

Other specified somatic symptoms and related disorder

Answer 6

other disorders that don’t fit in others e.g. pseudocyesis which is when patient believe they are falsely pregnant.