CLP 3144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Somatic Symptom Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Clinical and Health Psychology
• Course: CLP 3144
• Professor: Richard P Douglass

Document Summary

Experiencing significant physical symptoms for which there is no apparent organic cause: feeling nauseous when there is no reason to feel that way, these bodily symptoms emerge as a result of psychological factors. Can be difficult to tell what is a physical symptom or a psychological symptom. Illness anxiety disorder (subcategory of somatic symptoms: worry about developing of having a serious illness but does not experience severe physical symptoms, constantly worried about developing symptoms and seek medical attention as soon as one shows up, hypochondriac. Theories of somatic and illness anxiety disorders: cognitive factors play a strong role, dysfunctional beliefs about serious illnesses are common, paying too much attention to physical changes, may be related to ptsd and trauma. Pro(cid:272)ess (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h differe(cid:374)t fa(cid:272)ets of a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s se(cid:374)se of self, (cid:373)e(cid:373)ories, or consciousness become split off from one another. Did is a result of coping strategies used by persons faced with intense trauma.