PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behaviour Therapy, Somatic Symptom Disorder
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Somatic symptom disorders: factitious disorder, somatic symptom disorder, hypochondriasis, somatization, pain disorder. Somatic symptom disorder patterns: hypochondriasis, somatization, pain disorder, preoccupation with fears of having or getting serious disease. Identify and change (cid:498)dysfunctional(cid:499) beliefs about bodily sensations: behavioral, response prevention. Somatization: characterized by many different complaints of physical ailments. Somatization disorder characteristics: lasting several years, beginning before age 30, not adequately explained by independent findings of physical illness or injury, leading to medical treatment or significant life impairment. Psychological factors: perception/cognition: heightened sensitivity to physical sensation, some similar to those implicated in hypochondriasis, (cid:498)bodily sensations(cid:499) equated with (cid:498)somatic symptoms(cid:499, catastrophize about bodily sensations. Somatization: treatment, difficult to treat, combination of medical management and cognitive behavioral therapy. Pain disorder: experience of persisitent and severe pain in one or more areas of the body. If medical condition is present: pain exceeds what would be expected, psychological factors judged to contribute (ex.
