week 4.2 Flashcards
Expression of stress through physical symptoms that are often manifestations of psychological or emotional distress is known as, ___.
Somatization
This disorder’s epidemiology is more likely in females 16–25 years old.
Is underdiagnosed in older adults.
And occurs as recurrent abdominal pain, headache, nausea or fatigue in kids
Epidemiology of somatic syndrome disorder.
These symptoms lead to the diagnosis of what?
Persistent thoughts of seriousness of one symptoms leading to increase the level of anxiety
Excessive time and energy devoted to symptoms and concerns
Repeatedly seek medical attention and repeated bodily checks
Interpret normal body sensations as illness
Somatic symptom disorder
What disorder is known by these cues?hypochondriac
High level of preoccupation, anxiety with health
Can be care seeking or care avoidant
illness anxiety disorder
This disorder is characterized by altered voluntary motor/century function
Person loses ability to see, here, speak with no medical explanation
Conversion disorder
Paradoxical absence of psychological distress, despite having serious medical illness indicates this phrase.
labelle indifference
This disorder is known by these characteristics;
falsification of symptoms or induction of injury or disease.
Intentionally disruptive behavior, not with gain in mind
Factitious disorder to self
___ Occurs when, falsification of child, or dependent for a victim perpetrator receiving diagnosis, not victim
Also known as Munchhausen’s syndrome
Factitious disorder by another
Conscious fabrication of illness or exaggerating symptoms for a secondary gain
malingering
Benefitting as primarily relief from emotional conflict and freedom from anxiety
primary gain
This occuring relieves the client from expected responsibilities, increases attention
Not consciously aware
secondary gain
when dealing with a patient with these struggles, what should be focused on?
Their feelings, not the symptoms them selves
