Behavioral Medicine: Somatoform Disorders

Front 1

Which type of dissociaitve amnesic episode results in extreme memory loss along with suddenly leaving home and establishing a new identity?

Back 1

fugue

Front 2

What differentiates dissociative amnesia from dementia?

Back 2

dementia has a slow onset, is not linked to stress, and is usually accompanied by MCI, where dissociative amnesia in rapid onst, in response to stres and cognitive functioning is not affected except for explicit memory

Front 3

Somatoform disorders is known as what in DSM-5?

Back 3

Somatic Symptoms Disorder

Front 4

What are the 7 somatoform diorders in the DSM-IV-TR?

Back 4

1. Somatization Disorder (hysteria);
2. Undifferentiated Somatofomr Disorder;
3. Conversion Disorder;
4. Pain diosrder;
5. Hypochondriases;
6. Body Dysmorphic Disorder;
7. Somatoform Disorder NOS

Front 5

Are Somatic Symptoms Disorders caused or invented by the patient?

Back 5

no

Front 6

People with somatic symptoms disorders seek what?

Back 6

frequent medical treatment

Front 7

Preoccupation with exaggerate or imagined deficit in body's appearance describes which disorder?

Back 7

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Front 8

Pain with an onset, continuation, and severity underpinned by psychological factors is known as what in the DSM-IV-TR?

Back 8

Pain disorder

Front 9

Pain Disorder typically follows what?

Back 9

stressfull or traumatic event

Front 10

Compared with typical pain what is different about the description of pain by people with Pain Disorder?

Back 10

it is more vague and variable is terms of location, sensation and triggers

Front 11

Multiple, recurrent somatic complaints with no physiological cause describes what disorder in the DSM-IV-TR?

Back 11

Somatisation Disorder

Front 12

What does a person with Somatisation Disorder continually do?

Back 12

seek treatment from different doctors with different complaints

Front 13

Typical onset of somatisation disorder?

Back 13

early adulthood

Front 14

The preoccupation with a fear of having a major illness is known in the DSM-IV-TR as what?

Back 14

Hypochrondriasis

Front 15

How long did symptoms have to be present for in the DSM-IV-TR to meet the criteria for hypochondriasis?

Back 15

6 months

Front 16

Is hypochondriasis the belief that you have a major illness or the fear of having a major illness?

Back 16

fear of having a major illness

Front 17

Do people with hypochondriasis generally have a positive or negative attitude towards health care providers? Why?

Back 17

negative because they do not find a major illness

Front 18

What is hypochondriasis typically comorbid with?

Back 18

anxiety and depression

Front 19

The sudden onset of sensory or motor symptoms characterised which disorder in the DSM-IV-TR?

Back 19

Conversion Disorder

Front 20

What sort of sensory symptoms may be found in conversion disorder?

Back 20

tunnel vision, tingling, loss of feeling/vision/hearing

Front 21

What sort of motor symptoms may be found in conversion disorder?

Back 21

paralysis and seizures

Front 22

What did hypocrates call conversion disorder and what did he attribute was the cause of the condition?

Back 22

hysteria, a wandering uterus

Front 23

Onset of conversion disorder

Back 23

adolescence to early adutlhood

Front 24

Conversion disorder is typically comorbid with what?

Back 24

depression and anxiety

Front 25

What disorders are commonly comorbid with converson disorder/functional neurological disorder?

Back 25

MDD, substance use disorders, and PD's

Front 26

What is the name of the somatic disorder where a person intentionally fakes a psychological or somatic symtom for gain in the DSM-IV-TR?

Back 26

Malingering

Front 27

What is the name of the somatic disorder where a person intentionally produces physical symptoms to assume the role of the patient but where there is no gain?

Back 27

Factitious Disorder

Front 28

Are somatoform disorders heritable?

Back 28

no

Front 29

Pain and somatic symptoms can be increased by what three things?

Back 29

anxiety, depression and cortisol

Front 30

What is the major obstacle to treating somatic symptom disorders?

Back 30

people do not want to seek help

Front 31

Pain diosrders are often treated with what two things?

Back 31

antidepressants and relaxation training