Somatic Symptom Disorders and Health Obsessions Quiz
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Somatic Symptom Disorders and Health Obsessions Quiz

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Which term refers to an excessive or maladaptive response to physical symptoms or health concerns?

  • Physical disorders
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Somatic symptom disorders (correct)
  • Hysterical neurosis
  • What does the term 'soma' mean in the context of somatic symptom disorders?

  • Identity
  • Memory
  • Detachment
  • Body (correct)
  • What do dissociative disorders involve?

  • Detachment of oneself and experiences of unreality (correct)
  • Excessive response to physical symptoms
  • Memory loss and inability to function
  • Preoccupation with health or appearance
  • What is the historical categorization of somatic symptom and dissociative disorders?

    <p>Hysterical neurosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do somatic symptom and dissociative disorders share?

    <p>Common features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term was previously used to describe patients with seemingly endless lists of somatic complaints, but is now considered Somatic Symptom Disorder?

    <p>Briquet’s syndrome</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who described patients with seemingly endless lists of somatic complaints in 1859?

    <p>Pierre Briquet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe patients who come back with the same or new somatic complaints despite negative findings?

    <p>Somatic Symptom Disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

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