PSYC 3F20- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 36 pages long!)
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Soma meaning body: preoccupation with health and/or body appearance, no identifiable medical condition causing the physical complaints. Types of dsm-iv somatoform disorders: somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, psychological factors affecting medical condition, conversion disorder, factitious disorder, somatization disorder. Clinical description: extended history of physical complaints before age 30, substantial distress or impairment about at least one symptom, concern about symptoms, not what they mean, high anxiety about health or symptom or persistent thoughts. Must be persistent at least 6 months. Statistics: rare, onset usually in adolescence, chronic course. Treatment: no effective treatment, reduce visits to doctor, assign (cid:862)gatekeeper(cid:863) physician, illness anxiety disorder. Clinical description: severe anxiety about the possibility of having a serious disease, symptoms are extremely mild or not present, severe anxiety about health http://bit. ly/2fcfidz, excessive health related behaviour, medical reassurance does not help. Statistics: no good prevalence data, onset at any age, chronic course. Causes: cognitive perceptual distortions, familial history of illness.