PSY 3223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Somatization Disorder

• School: Temple University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3223
• Professor: Fleischer

Document Summary

20% of visits to the doctor"s are children. Severe and or chronic illness shows a progressive decline in: 3. although any one somatic symptoms may not be continuously present, the state of being symptomatic is persistent, usually more more than 6 months. Disproportionate and persistent thought about severity of symptoms. Excessive time and energy devoted to these symptoms/concerns. With predominant pain (the symptoms mostly involve pain) Mild (only one symptom in excessive thoughts/behavior category-symptom 2) Moderate (only two symptoms in excessive thoughts/behavior category- symptom 2) Severe (2 or more symptoms and multiple somatic complaints, or one severe complaint) **must rule out any actual potential medical conditions. In this disorder emotional distress is experienced as physical or somatic discomfort. They are not pretending or faking their illness (with the exception of factitious disorder) Patients actually feel the symptoms they are complaining about. May develop after patient suffers an actual injury or illness. Often occur in response to stressful life events.