SOMATOFORM DISORDER Flashcards
ARE CHARACTERIZED AS THE PRESENCE OF PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS THAT SUGGEST A MEDICAL CONDITION WITHOUT A DEMONSTRABLE ORGANIC BASIS
SOMATOFORM DISORDER
5 SPECIFIC SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
- SOMATIZATION DOSRDER
- CONVERSION DISORDER
- PAIN DISORDER
- HYPOCHONDRIASIS
- BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
IS PREOCCUPATION WITH AN IMAGINED OR EXAGGERATED DEFECTS IN PHYSICAL APPEARANCE SUCH AS THINKING ONE’S NOISE IS TOO LARGE OR TEETH ARE CROOKED AND UNATTRACTIVE
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
PRECAUTION WITH THE FEAR THAT ONE HAS A SERIOUS DISEASE (DISEASE CONVECTION) OR WILL GET A SEROUS DISEASE (DISEASE PHOBIA)
HYPOCHONDRIASIS
HAS THE PRIMARILY PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF PAIN, WHICH GENERALLY IS UNRELIEVED BY ANALGESICS AND GREATLY AFFECTED BY PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS I TERM OG ONSET, SEVIRTY, EXACERBATION, AND MAINTENANCE
PAIN DISORDER
IS A LOSS OF OR CHANGE IN PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING THAT CANNOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY ORGANIC CAUSE AND SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHOSICIAL STRESSORS
CONVERSION DISORDER
IT IS ALSO CALLED CONVERSION REACTION, INVOLVES UNEXPLAINED, USUALLY SUDDEN DEFICITS IN SENSORY (sensory dysfunction), LIKE BLINDNESS, OR MOTOR FUNCTION (MOTOR FUNCTION DYSFUNCTION)
CONVERSION DISORDER
DOES MULTIPLE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS CHARACTERIZE A, INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF PAIN AND GI, SEXUAL AND PSEUDONEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS. IT USUALLY BEGINS AT 30 YEARS OLD
SOMATIC DISORDER
RELATED DISORDERS IN SOMATOFORM DISORDER
- MALINGERING
- MUNCHAUSEN’S SYNDROME OR FACTITIOUS DISORDER
- MUNCHAUSEN’S BY PROXY
INTENTIONAL PRODUCTION OF FALSE OR GROOSLY EXAGGERATED PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS; IT IS MOTIVATED BY EXTERNAL INCENTIVES SUCH AS AVIODING WORK, EVADING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, OBTAINING FINANCIAL COMPENSATION, OR OBTAINING DRUGS
MALINGERING
OCCURS WHEN A PERSON INTENTIONALLY PRODUCES OR FEIGNS PHYSCIAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS SOLELY TO GAIN ATTENTION. THEY MAY INFLICT INJURY TO THEMSELVES TO RECEIVE ATTENTION
MUNCHAUSEN’S SYNDROME OR FACTITIOUS DISORDER
OCCURS WHEN A PERSON INFLICTS ILLNESS OR INJURY ON SOMEONE ELSE TO GAIN THE ATTENTION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL OR TO BE A “HERO” FOR SAVING THE VICTIM
MUNCHAUSEN’S BY PROXY
ETIOLOGY OF SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
- PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY
- BIOLOGIC THEORY
BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WITH SOMATOFORM DISORDERS KEEP STRESS, ANXIETY, OR FRUSTRATIONS INSIDE RATHER THAN EXPESSING THEM OUTWARDLY CALLED INTERNALIZATION, AND EXPRESSED THESE INTERNALIZATION FEELINGS AND STRESS THROUGH PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS (SOMATIZATION) WHICH ARE UNCONSCIOUS DEFENSE MECHANISM
PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORIST
BELIEVES THAT CLIENTS WITH SOMATOFORM DISORDER DIFFER ON HOW THEY REGULATE AND INTERPRET SITIMULI, THEY CANNOT SORT IRRELEVANT STIMULI AND RESPOND EQUALLY TO BOTH TYPES, THEY EXAGGERATE RESPONSE TO BODILY SENSATIONS
BIOLOGIC THEORY
FOCUSING ON MANAGING SYMPTOMS AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE. SHOWS EMPATHY AND SENSITIVITY TO THE CLIENT’S PHYSICAL COMPLAINTS TO BUILD TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS
TREATMENT FOR SOMATOFORM DISORDER
NURSING DIAGNOSIS FOR SOMATOFOM DISORDER
- INEFFECTIVE COPING
- INEFFECTIVE DENIAL
- IMPAIRED SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
- ANXIETY
- DISTURBED SLEEP PATTERN
- FATIGUE
- PAIN
2 CATEGORIES ON TEACHING CLIENT COPING STRATEGIES
- EMOTION-FOCUSED COPING STRATEGIES
- PROBLEM-FOCUSED COPING STRATEGIES
HELP RELAX AND REDUCE FEELING OF STRESS: HELP TO MANAGE OR DIMINISH THE INTENSITY OF SYMPTOMS
EMOTION-FOCUSED COPING STRATEGIES
HELP OR RESOLVE OR CHANGE A CLIENT’S BEHAVIOUR OR SITUATION OR MANAGE LIFE STRESSORS
PROBLEM-FOCUSED COPING STRATEGIES