PSYCH 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Factitious Disorder, Factitious Disorder Imposed On Self, Somatization Disorder
20 Apr 2016
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Stress and anxiety also contribute to several other kinds of disorders, particularly disorders that focus on somatic and dissociative symptoms. These disorders include: factitious disorder, conversation disorder, somatic symptom disorder. A disorder in which an individual feigns or induces physical symptoms, typically for the purpose of assuming the role of a sick person. A psychosocial conflict or need is converted into dramatic physical symptoms that affect: symptoms often seem neurological, such as paralysis, blindness, or loss of feeling voluntary or sensory functioning. Most conversion disorders begin between late childhood and young adulthood. They are diagnosed in women twice as often as men. They usually appear suddenly, at times of stress, and are thought to be rare. Conversion disorders are often similar to genuine medical ailments, physicians sometimes rely on oddities in the patient"s medical picture to help distinguish the two. Symptoms may be at odds with the way the nervous system is known to work.
