Symptoms where no cause can be found

Question 1

Somatisation disorder

Answer 1

Multiple physical symptoms for at least 2 years

Patient refuses to accept reassurances or negative test results

Question 2

Hypochondrial disorder

Answer 2

Persistent belief in the presence of underlying serious disease eg cancer
Patient refuses to accept reassurances or negative test results

Question 3

Conversion disorder

Answer 3

Typically involves loss of motor or sensory function

The patient doesn’t consciously feign symptoms (factitious disorder) or seek material gain (malingering)

Question 4

Dissociative disorder

Answer 4

Dissociation is a process of ‘separating off’ certain memories from normal consciousness
Involves psychiatric symptoms e.g. Amnesia, fugue, stupor
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is the new term for multiple personality disorder as is the most severe form of dissociative disorder

Question 5

Munchausen’s disorder

Answer 5

AKA factitious disorder

Intentional production of physical or psychological symptoms

Question 6

Malingering

Answer 6

Fraudulent simulation or exaggeration of symptoms with the intention of financial or other gain