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Somatoform & Dissociative Disorders

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Symptoms are not under individuals voluntary control, difficulty communicating emotional needs, physical symptoms for no reason, cause severe impainrment in social & occupational functioning   Somatoform disorders  
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Intentionally producing symptoms to achieve environmental goal (conscious) different from somatoform disorder   malingering  
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Fabrication of symptoms or self-inflicted injury to assume the sick role, different from somatoform disorder   factitious disorder  
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caregiver injures victim to get attention/sympathy for self (severe factitious disorder)   Munchausen syndrome by proxy  
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Evidence of general medical condition that may be affected by stress or psychological factors   Psychosomatic Illness  
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5 Somatoform disorders   somatization, conversion, hypochondriasis, pain, body dysmorphic disorder  
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Belief that 1 has serious disease inspite of negative medical findings, hx of dr. shopping, duration of disturbance is @ least 6mths   Hypochondriasis  
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Expression of psychological stress through physical symptoms, pain in multiple areas, physical symptoms cant be explained medically, onset before age 30, common w/anxiety, depression & sucide   somatization  
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severe prolonged pain that impairs social/occupational functioning, serious risk of suicide due to chronic pain, diagnostic testing rulse out organic cause, usual sites of pain: head, face, lower back, pelvis   Pain disorder  
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preoccupation with an imagined defective body part   body dysmporphic disorder  
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usually concerned with face, skin ,genitalia, thigh, hips, hair, exaggerated belief that body is deformed or defective, usually have normal appearance w/minor defects   Body dysmorphic disorder  
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loss or change in body function as result of psychological, symptoms may resolve in few wks, most common somatoform disorder   Conversion disorder  
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Symptoms affect voluntary motor or sensory function such as, involuntary movement, abnormal gait, anesthesia, blindness, deafness, paralysis, seizures   conversion disorder  
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lack of emotional concern about symptoms (conversion disorder)   La bell indifference  
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Treatment of Somatoform Disorders:   Non-addictive pain meds, anticonvulsants (neuropathic pain) & antidepressants  
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Promotion of self-care activitites, health teaching, case mgmt, psychobiological interventions are basic level interventions for ?   somatoform disorders  
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True/False: With somatoform disorders goals are usually only partially met, which should be a postive finding because they are often reluctant to change   TRUE  
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disturbances in consciousness, memory, identity & perception, actual cause is unknown   dissociative disorders  
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commonly associated with mood disorders & substance abuse   dissociative disorders  
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Dissociative disorders include: (4)   Dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, dissociative identity disorder, depersonalization disorder  
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unconscious defense mechanism to protect against overwhelming anxiety   dissociation  
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inability to recall important personal info, begins ABRUPTLY, related to traumatic event, client is aware of memory loss & is alert before & after incident   dissociative amnesia  
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3 types of dissociative amnesia   localized, selective, generalized  
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(dissociative amnesia) unable to recall info about their entire life   generalized dissociative amnesia  
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(dissociative amnesia) unable to recall events from a certain period   localized dissociative amnesia  
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(dissociative amnesia) unable to recall portions of events from a certain period   selective dissocitive amnesia  
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Localized, Generalized, Selective are 3 types of :   dissociative amnesia  
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Sudden expected travel away from home, inability to recall personal identity, often related to trauma, increases in times of stress, may co-occur with PTSD   Dissociative Fugue  
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2 or more distinct personalities are present, unable to consistently recall personal info, may or may not be aware of alters, each personality has its own memories, behavior patterns   Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)  
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True/False: Excessive switching between alters is result of something similiar to past trauma triggering it   TRUE  
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Temporary sense of unreality, parts of body feel unreal, sense of detachment from environment, AWARE of perceptual distortions, response to acute stress   Depersonalization disorder  
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Brain tumors, epilepsy, drugs, conflicts with ego, stress are causes of   depersonalization disorder  
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4 common treatments for dissociative disorder   truth serum, pyschotherapy, hypnosis, no specific meds  
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