PSYCH 3830 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Snoring, Hypopnea, Hypoventilation
9 May 2018
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Lecture 6 - April 4, 2018
SOMATIC SYMPTOMS AND RELATED DISORDERS … MENTAL CONDITIONS
● Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions - the person with this diagnosis
has a medical symptom or condition other than a mental disorder. The person also has
psychological or behavioral factors that adversely affect the condition. It affects it in one
or more of the following ways:
○ Influence the course of condition (ex: the person started smoking and got lung
cancer)
○ Interfere with treatment of condition (ex: the person is claustrophobic so can’t get
MRI)
○ The factors constitute additional health risks (the person has a gastric condition
and they drink alcohol that makes ulcers worse)
○ It otherwise influences it
*this has already been covered but may show up on the next test*
ELIMINATION DISORDERS
1. Enuresis - when the person repeatedly urines in their bed or clothing. Needs to be
causing distress or apparent. This happens often. The person is old enough to be
expected to be able to hold their bladder
○ Treatment: enuresis alarm
○ Intentional or involuntary
2. Encopresis - when the person repeatedly passes feces in to inappropriate places
(clothes or floor). Involuntarily or intentionally
○ Person is at least 4 years old
○ Overflow in contenance - a kid that has had an unpleasant experience with
pooping because it hurts so they avoid pooping. They get constipated
○ The person is not like “haha I’ll go poop in the corner” even though they can
intentionally choose to do so
○ Frequency is a lot less
SLEEP/WAKE DISORDERS - the primary reason people come in for sleep evaluations is
because they feel tired
1. Insomnia Disorder - when the person complains about their sleep quantity or quality and
this is when they have trouble initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, or early morning
awakening without the ability to go back to sleep
○ Clinically significant distress or impairment
○ Has to occur frequently and for a relatively long period of time
○ If you are a full time undergraduate and have an infant (for an example) this does
not count as having the disorder. The disorder has to be due to internal factors,
not internal
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Document Summary
Somatic symptoms and related disorders mental conditions. Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions - the person with this diagnosis has a medical symptom or condition other than a mental disorder. The person also has psychological or behavioral factors that adversely affect the condition. It affects it in one or more of the following ways: Influence the course of condition (ex: the person started smoking and got lung cancer) Interfere with treatment of condition (ex: the person is claustrophobic so can"t get. The factors constitute additional health risks (the person has a gastric condition and they drink alcohol that makes ulcers worse) *this has already been covered but may show up on the next test* Elimination disorders: enuresis - when the person repeatedly urines in their bed or clothing. The person is old enough to be expected to be able to hold their bladder.
