Extra Hehi 2-4-08

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Psychosomatic

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- General medical conditions affected or exacerbated by psychobiological factors
- bronchial asthma, gastric ulcer, psychiatric condition brings on medical condition

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Somatoform

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- Symptoms SUGGEST a medical disorder, however, physical changes are not found

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Hypochondriasis: additional info

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* 1-5% prevalence
* Doctor shopping
* Actual medical problems may be missed
* History:
- childhood illness
- past experience w/ill family member, death of someone close
* Health habilts are the same as the general population

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: additional info

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- Many people who have multiple plastic surgeries have DDD

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Conversion D/O: additional info

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- they are dramatic, but doesn't bother them/not worried about it
- convert psyhological difficulty into physical symptoms unconsciously
- present with their perception of what that illness looks like, but if suggest "usually people..." then the next time will do that
- conversion decreases the anxiety
- a physical defense mechanism

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Hypochondriasis criteria

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- preoccupation with fears
- preoccupation persists despite appropriate medical tests and reassurances
- other d/o are ruled out
- preoccupation causes significant impairment in social or occupational fx or causes marked distress

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Pain D/O criteria

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- pain in one or more anatomical sites
- causes significant impairment in fx or causes marked distress
- pain associated with psychological factors
- symptoms not intentionally produced or feigned
- Pain may be associated with a psychological and/or medical condition

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Body Dysmorphic D/O criteria

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- preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance
- preoccupation causes significant impairment in social or occupational fx or causes distress
- preoccupation not better accounted for by another mental disorder

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Depersonalization D/O criteria

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- Persistent or recurrent experience of feeling detached from an outside of one's mental processes or body
- reality testing remains intact
- the experience causes significant impairment in social or occupational fx or causes marked distress

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Dissociative Amnesia criteria

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- one or more episodes of inabiltiy to recall impt info (usually of a stressful nature)
- causes significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other impt areas of fx

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Dissociative Fugue criteria

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- sudden, unexpected travel away from home or one's place of work with inability to remember past
- confusion about personal identity or assumption of new identity
- symptoms cause significant distress

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DID criteria

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- existence of 2 or more distinct subpersonalities
- at least 2 of these subpersonalities take control of the person's behavior
- inability to recall impt info too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness