PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Psy, Psych

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 034
• Professor: Nikkel

Document Summary

Preoccupation with health and/or body appearance and functioning. No identifiable medical condition causing the physical complaints. In severe cases, symptoms become the person"s identity. More likely to affect unmarried, low ses women. Research to date is limited due to recent redefinition of the disorder in the dsm. Type of somatic symptom disorder, previously classified as pain disorder . Clear physical pain that is medically unexplained. 5% to 8% of the population may have this disorder. Experience suggesting that there are benefits to illness. Cbt is the best treatment (cognitive behaviorally therapy) Reduce the tendency to visit numerous medical specialists doctor shopping . Reduce supportive consequences of talk about physical symptoms. Severe anxiety about the possibility of having a serious disease. Medical reassurance does not seem to help. Although only about 20% of iad patients would qualify for a diagnosis for dsm-iv. Onset at any age, but more likely to develop in older age.