PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Mass Psychogenic Illness, Tunxis Community College, Factitious Disorder
8 Dec 2020
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Physical symptoms with no apparent physical cause. A pain in the shoulder with no injury to the area. Complaints must be present for at least 6 months. Complaining of relatively mild physical symptoms which are taken as signs of a severe or serious illness. Distress comes from anxiety about what the symptoms might mean, not the actual sensations. Frequently seek reassurance about these troubling symptoms. Equally likely to occur in men or women. This is not the case for most somatization disorders. Neurological symptoms are present without an identifiable physical cause. Thought to occur as a result of great stress. Faking physical or psychological symptoms with no apparent reason for doing so. May try to create the symptoms they claim. Usually used to get attention, sympathy, etc. Leftover energy from unacceptable urges or impulses. Reinforcement of being in a sick role . Discuss and flesh out relevant unconscious conflicts. At least one major depressive episode (mde)
