PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Somatization Disorder
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Pathological concern related to the appearance or functioning of physical body. Includes 5 related disorders: a) somatic symptom disorder, b) illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis, c) psychological factors affecting a medical condition, d) conversion disorder, e) factitious disorder, illness anxiety disorder. Severe preoccupation and anxiety over having or acquiring a serious illness. Maybe something happened to someone they know so they"re super cautious. Often triggering event: illness anxiety disorder. Counseling and/or support groups to provide reassurance: conversion disorder. Comorbidity: esp. somatization disorder, low socioeconomic groups, women, men under extreme stress, conversion disorder. Not always recover, difficult to locate stressor. Nothing happening at neurological level, but their body is doing it. People can die from it if not treated. Unable to recall autobiographical events or information that is more extensive than normal forgetting. Localized amnesia: failure to recall events during specific period of time.
