PSYC203 Lecture Notes - Demyelinating Disease, Aids, Retrovirus
6 Oct 2013
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We often interact with people who are ill. We will most likely become ill during our lifetime. Somatic symptom disorder criteria: one or more somatic symptoms causing distress or disruption of daily life = functional impairment. Excessive time devoted to the symptom(s: lasting 6 months or more (symptoms can shift) Not: fearing an illness = illness anxiety disorder. Somatized conditions (eg. panic attacks = heart attack?) Onset often slow, with non-specific symptoms (eg. fatigue, muscle ache) Photosensitivity to sunlight, causing mild to severe rashes (even in winter) Illness identity in lupus said before if someone had told me that was part of it i could have put it on a. I had a lot of problems with my periods and everything and like i backburner that"s what my parents call it so i"ve had to deal with that. I used to call it sle, because i don"t really like the word lupus, but.
