PSYC 300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Factitious Disorder, Malingering, Conversion Disorder
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Be able to distinguish factitious disorder, malingering, & somatic symptom disorders. Be able to distinguish between different somatic symptom from related disorders. Be aware of clinical picture in various disorders. Deliberate faking (the person knows he is faking, for financial/legal gain. ) Deliberate faking for no apparent gain other than attention. Genuine belief ( the person believes he has a disorder ) - causes impairment (staying at home), the person spend a lot od time health-seeking activities, think the doctors aren"t serious. - compared to ocd: don"t have the serious compulsive nature (washing excessively). Somatic symptom disorder (these are people who think they are ill) May occur in as many as 17-20% of individuals seeking hospital or outpatient medical treatment. Difficult to diagnosis (because pain is very subjective and self-reported, no obvious determine if the pain is excessive. ) Pain & some physical symptoms inherently subjective phenomenon.
