30 Questions
Which term refers to the connection between the mind and the body in states of health and illness?
Psychosomatic
Which medical illnesses are influenced by stress and emotions, according to the text?
Diabetes, hypertension, and colitis
What term refers to multiple physical complaints with no organic basis, usually described dramatically?
Hysteria
In what historical period was hysteria associated with witchcraft, demons, and sorcerers?
Middle Ages
What was the belief about people with hysteria in the Middle Ages?
Considered evil or possessed by evil spirits
What are some examples of physical symptoms that can be caused by stress, unrelated to a diagnosed medical illness?
Tension headaches
What term began to be used in the early 1800s to convey the connection between the mind and the body in states of health and illness?
Psychosomatic
What is the influence of stress on symptoms of medical illnesses, according to the text?
Can cause symptoms to worsen
What is the age of the concept of hysteria, as mentioned in the text?
About 4,000 years old
Which term refers to the belief that the mind can cause the body to create physical symptoms or worsen physical illnesses?
Psychosomatic
What term is used to refer to physical symptoms and limitations of function that have no medical diagnoses to explain their existence?
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
Who is most likely to experience factitious disorders?
People in or familiar with medical professions
What is another term for factitious disorders?
Fabricated illnesses
What is a key aspect of effective treatment for patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) from their perspective?
Positive response and support from providers
What do somatic disorders diagnosed in mental health settings overlap with?
Psychosomatic descriptors
What is the connotation of 'MUS' according to the text?
It's all in your head
What is the term used for those who injure clients or their children through causing fabricated or induced illnesses?
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
What profession is most commonly associated with people who experience factitious disorders?
Nurses
What do medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and functional somatic syndromes refer to?
Physical symptoms and limitations of function with no medical diagnoses
What is a key aspect of effective treatment for patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) according to the text?
Being listened to and heard regarding symptoms
Who identified hysteria as a disorder of the nervous system?
Paul Briquet and Jean-Martin Charcot
According to the text, who observed that hysteria patients improved with hypnosis and emotional expression?
Sigmund Freud
What did Freud propose unexpressed emotions can be converted into?
Physical symptoms
What do somatic symptom illnesses involve?
Physical symptoms suggesting a medical condition without an organic basis
Who often believes their symptoms indicate serious illness and experience distress?
Clients with somatic symptom disorders
What do somatic symptom illnesses need to be distinguished from?
Malingering and factitious disorders
What does malingering involve?
Intentionally producing false symptoms for external incentives
What does factitious disorder, imposed on self, involve?
Intentionally producing symptoms solely for attention, sometimes by self-inflicting injury
What percentage of the general population do somatic symptom illnesses represent?
5-7%
Who inflicts illness or injury on someone else to gain attention or be seen as a 'hero'?
Factitious disorder, imposed on others
Study Notes
Understanding Somatic Symptom Illnesses
- Hysteria was identified as a disorder of the nervous system by French physicians Paul Briquet and Jean-Martin Charcot.
- Sigmund Freud, working with Charcot, observed that hysteria patients improved with hypnosis and emotional expression.
- Freud proposed that unexpressed emotions can be converted into physical symptoms, now known as somatization.
- Somatic symptom illnesses involve physical symptoms suggesting a medical condition without an organic basis.
- These illnesses are characterized by psychological factors initiating, exacerbating, and maintaining symptoms.
- Clients with somatic symptom disorders often believe their symptoms indicate serious illness and experience distress.
- Somatic symptom disorders include somatic symptom disorder, conversion disorder, pain disorder, and illness anxiety disorder.
- These illnesses are more common in women, representing about 5-7% of the general population.
- Somatic symptom illnesses need to be distinguished from malingering and factitious disorders, where symptoms are willfully controlled.
- Malingering involves intentionally producing false symptoms for external incentives.
- Factitious disorder, imposed on self, involves intentionally producing symptoms solely for attention, sometimes by self-inflicting injury.
- Factitious disorder, imposed on others, involves inflicting illness or injury on someone else to gain attention or be seen as a "hero".
Test your knowledge of somatic symptom illnesses with this quiz. Learn about the history of hysteria, the role of Sigmund Freud, and the characteristics of somatic symptom disorders, including somatization and illness anxiety. Explore the distinction between somatic symptom illnesses and malingering or factitious disorders.
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