Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Abnormal Exam 1--Somatoform Disorder
N/A
10
Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/15/2012

Additional Psychology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
somatoform disorder
Definition
excessive preoccupation with health or appearance, soma=body, anxiety
Term
hypochandriasis
Definition
-preoccupation with fears of having a seriose disease-one disease
-results from misinterpritations of normal body
-duration of 6 months
-chronic
Term
somatization disorder
Definition
-history of sever, vague physical complaints
-four pain symptoms in four different sites
-two gas symptoms
-one sexual symptom
one pseudo nureological symptom
-talk about very calmly
-chonic
Term
undifferentiated somatoform disorder
Definition
someone who meets lots of symptoms but not all
Term
conversion disorder
Definition
-voluntary motor or sensory deficits
-preoccupation with one symptom
-suden start, termination, and reoccurance
-symptoms not intentionally faked
ex. blindness or siezures
-short duration, re-occurances
Term
pain disorder
Definition
-pain is primary symptom
-think actually hurt
-some even can explain pain but not severity of it
-persists due to secondary gains
-acute or chronic
Term
malingering
Definition
symptoms faked in order to achieve secondary gains-done intentionally
Term
Facttitious disorder
Definition
are actually symptoms but person makes them-done for segondary gain
Term
Personal factitious disorder
Definition
make yourself sick
Term
by proxy factitious disorder
Definition
makeing someone else sick
Supporting users have an ad free experience!