Stress & Physiological Response
This body response prepares the body to respond to threat or illness.
What is the fight‑or‑flight response?
Feeling physical symptoms without medical cause or out of proportion to an ailment.
What is somatization?
Conversion disorder symptoms usually involve these two types of functions.
What are sensory or motor functions?
Illness Anxiety Disorder was previously known by this older term.
What is hypochondriasis?
These types of headaches can be caused or worsened by emotional stress.
What are migraine or tension headaches?
This system experiences much of the physiological stress response.
What is the gastrointestinal system?
This disorder presents with many signs and symptoms and involves multiple organ systems.
What is somatic symptom disorder (polysymptomatic disorder)?
Conversion symptoms often reflect a person's ideas about how an illness should look.
What is the individual's perception or belief about illness?
People with Illness Anxiety Disorder commonly engage in this behavior with providers.
What is “doctor shopping”?
Stress can worsen this blood‑pressure‑related cardiovascular condition.
What is hypertension?
Stress affects this major protective system of the body, making illness more likely.
What is the immune system?
This cultural factor must not be challenged when planning effective treatment for somatic symptoms.
What are cultural or spiritual beliefs?
A person showing little concern for significant symptoms displays this characteristic.
What is la belle indifférence?
Factitious disorder differs from somatoform disorders because symptoms are produced in this manner.
What is intentionally?
These two gastrointestinal disorders are strongly associated with stress.
What are irritable bowel syndrome and peptic ulcer?
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This model describes the stages of the body’s reaction to long‑term stress.
What is the General Adaptation Syndrome?
This absence helps differentiate somatization from an actual medical condition.
What is the absence of significant lab findings?
Conversion disorders are thought to result from this emotional internal conflict.
What is unresolved emotional (psychic) conflict?
When a caregiver induces illness in another person, it is called this.
What is factitious disorder by proxy (Munchausen by proxy)?
Emotional factors may contribute to this musculoskeletal disease characterized by joint inflammation.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Emotional stress depletes energy, increasing susceptibility to this.
What is actual physical illness or disease?
Somatoform disorders cause symptoms that significantly disrupt this area of a client’s life.
What is social, occupational, or overall functioning?
Conversion disorders are seen more often in individuals with this socioeconomic background.
What is lower socioeconomic status?
This disorder involves intentionally producing symptoms for recognizable external gain.
What is malingering?
Stress and psychobiological factors can contribute to this endocrine disorder involving the pancreas.
What is diabetes?