Test Your Understanding of Somatic Symptom Disorders

<p>Consciously pretending to be ill</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Exaggerating symptoms for secondary gain</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Avoid unnecessary procedures, provide frequent, brief, and regular visits, always conduct a physical exam, avoid disparaging comments, set reasonable therapeutic goals, and provide continuity of care</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ineffective coping, anxiety, and risk for loneliness</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It increases the risk of somatic preoccupation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Effective coping, calmness, and socialization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hypometabolism, hypermetabolism, and excess cortisol</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biological, psychological, and sociocultural</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>SSD involves one or more distressing symptoms without significant physical findings, while illness anxiety disorder involves preoccupation with having a serious illness for at least 6 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factitious disorder involves consciously pretending to be ill to have emotional needs met, while malingering involves consciously fabricating illness or exaggerating symptoms for secondary gain</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neurological symptoms in the absence of a neurological diagnosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increased risk for medical diseases, magnify them, or interfere with their treatment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The impact of childhood trauma on adult somatic preoccupation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>SMART goals that are realistic and attainable</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ineffective coping</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Misinterpretation of physical sensations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Consciously pretending to be ill to have their emotional needs met</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Conversion disorder involves consciously pretending to be ill to have their emotional needs met, while factitious disorder involves neurological symptoms in the absence of a neurological diagnosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>SSD involves consciously fabricating illness or exaggerating symptoms for secondary gain, while malingering involves physical symptoms without significant physical findings</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factitious disorder involves preoccupation with having a serious illness for at least 6 months, while illness anxiety disorder involves consciously pretending to be ill to have their emotional needs met</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Somatic symptom disorder involves one or more distressing symptoms, while illness anxiety disorder involves preoccupation with having a serious illness for at least 6 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Conversion disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factitious disorder involves consciously pretending to be ill to have emotional needs met, while malingering involves consciously fabricating illness or exaggerating symptoms for secondary gain</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Functional neurological symptom disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Symptom preoccupation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hypochondriasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>La belle indifférence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>La belle indifférence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Continuity of care, unnecessary procedures, reasonable therapeutic goals, physical exam, frequent visits, no disparaging comments</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hypochondriasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ineffective coping, anxiety, risk for loneliness, powerlessness, hopelessness, social isolation, pain, altered family processes, and risk for suicide</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biological, psychological, and sociocultural</p> Signup and view all the answers