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Somatoform Disorders

Somatoform Disorders. Definition? Common Features Lots of Physical Complaints Appear to be Medical Conditions But No Identifiable Medical Cause Pathological Concern about Functioning of body or Physical appearance Cultural Factors. Somatoform Disorders. Five Somatoform Disorders

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Somatoform Disorders

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  1. Somatoform Disorders Definition? Common Features Lots of Physical Complaints Appear to be Medical Conditions But No Identifiable Medical Cause Pathological Concern about Functioning of body or Physical appearance Cultural Factors

  2. Somatoform Disorders Five Somatoform Disorders Hypochondriasis Somatization Disorder Conversion Disorder Pain Disorder Body Dysmorphic Disorder

  3. Hypochondriasis • Physical Complaints/No Known Medical Cause • Preoccupied with Bodily Symptoms • Misinterpretation of Symptoms • Vicious Cycle • Severe Anxiety About Possibly Having a Serious Disease • Strong Disease Conviction • Differentiated from Illness Phobia • Many Medical Visits and Tests • Reassurance Doesn’t Help

  4. Hypochondriasis • Psychological Treatment • Challenge illness-related misinterpretations • Provide more substantial and sensitive reassurance • Stress management and coping strategies • Medical Treatment?

  5. Somatization Disorder • Many Physical Complaints/No Known Medical Cause • Concern about Symptoms but Not What They Mean • Life/Identity Revolves Around Symptoms

  6. Somatization Disorder • Treatment • Difficult to Treat • No Proven Treatments • Treatment Focuses on • Reduction of Medical Visits • Assign a “Gatekeeper” Physician • Reducing Secondary Gain

  7. Conversion Disorder • Physical Symptoms/No known medical cause • Popularized by Freud as… • Connection to trauma [Dissociative process?] • Physical Malfunctioning • Often involves sensory-motor areas • Paralysis, Blindness, Mutism, Anesthesia • La Belle Indifference

  8. Conversion Disorder • Treatment • No Well Established Treatments • Address the Trauma • Remove Sources of Secondary Gain • Reduce supportive consequences of talk about physical symptoms

  9. Pain Disorder • Complaints of pain/no known medical cause • Pain is Real • Pain May Initially Have Organic Cause • Psychological Factors Maintain Pain • Can Be Debilitating

  10. “Rule Out” Conditions • Malingering • Factitious Disorders • Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

  11. Body Dysmorphic Disorder • Previously known as dysmorphophobia • Preoccupation with Defect in Appearance • “Imagined” Ugliness • Fixation or Avoidance of Mirrors • Ideas of Reference • Suicidal Ideation and Tendencies

  12. Body Dysmorphic Disorder • Treatment • Plastic surgery? • Medications (i.e., SSRIs) that work for OCD provide some relief • Exposure and Response Prevention

  13. Somatoform Disorders DSM-5 Changes Conversion Disorder – Same/Similar Body Dysmorphic Disorder - Moved to OCD Section Hypochondriasis – Renamed Illness Anxiety DO, sort of Somatic Symptom Disorder (new!) Combined: Hypochondriasis, maybe Somatization Disorder Pain Disorder

  14. Somatic Symptom Disorder • Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is characterized by somatic symptoms that are either very distressing or result in significant disruption of functioning, as well as excessive and disproportionate thoughts, feelings and behaviors regarding those symptoms. To be diagnosed with SSD, the individual must be persistently symptomatic (typically at least for 6 months).

  15. Somatic Symptom Disorder • Several important changes have been made from previous editions of DSM. The DSM-IV disorders of somatization disorder, hypochondriasis, pain disorder, and undifferentiated somatoform disorder have been removed, and many, but not all, of the individuals diagnosed with one of these disorders could now be diagnosed with SSD. The DSM-IV diagnosis of somatization disorder required a specific number of complaints from among four symptom groups. The SSD criteria no longer have such a requirement; however, somatic symptoms must be significantly distressing or disruptive to daily life and must be accompanied by excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.

  16. Somatic Symptom Disorder • Another key change in the DSM-5 criteria is that while medically unexplained symptoms were a key feature for many of the disorders in DSM-IV, an SSD diagnosis does not require that the somatic symptoms are medically unexplained. In other words, symptoms may or may not be associated with another medical condition. DSM-5 narrative text description that accompanies the criteria for SSD cautions that it is not appropriate to diagnose individuals with a mental disorder solely because a medical cause cannot be demonstrated. Furthermore, whether or not the somatic symptoms are medically explained, the individual would still have to meet the rest of the criteria in order to receive a diagnosis of SSD.

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