DSM-5 Diagnoses
This disorder involves excessive thoughts or behaviors related to physical symptoms
What is somatic symptom disorder?
Persistent physical complaints without medical explanation
What is a manifestation of somatic symptom disorder?
History of trauma common to many disorders in this category
What are dissociative disorders?
Most important communication strategy
What is therapeutic communication?
How we treat functional neurological symptom disorder
What is medication and psychotherapy?
Fear of having a serious illness despite minimal symptoms
What is illness anxiety disorder?
Frequent health-related anxiety and checking behaviors
What is illness anxiety disorder?
Psychological distress expressed physically
What is somatization?
Encouraging stress management and coping
What is developing healthy coping strategies?
How we can treat or manage Dissociative Identity Disorder
What is encourage positive thoughts; help them distinguish between anxiety and physical manifestations; provide relief measure for what they are experiencing
Neurologic symptoms without a medical cause
What is functional neurological symptom disorder?
Sudden paralysis, blindness, or seizures without organic cause
What is functional neurological symptom disorder?
Early childhood abuse as a major factor
What is dissociative identity disorder?
Avoiding reinforcement of illness behaviors
What is setting limits on somatic focus?
When the client feels detachment from their surroundings
What is derealization?
Symptoms are intentionally produced to assume a sick role
What is factitious disorder?
Inability to recall important personal information
What is dissociative amnesia?
Used as an unconscious defense mechanism
What is dissociation?
Maintaining professional boundaries
What is maintaining boundaries?
If a client has multiple hospitalizations and unexplained pain, what disorder might they be experiencing?
What is factitious disorder
Psychiatric disorders characterized by disruption in consciousness, memory, or identity
What are dissociative disorders?
When the client falsifies their symptoms to themselves or others
What is factitious disorder?
Environmental, genetic, and psychological influences
What are dissociative disorders influenced by genetics and environment?
Primary goal when caring for dissociative patients
What is patient safety and grounding?
When the client feels like they are floating out of their body or that they are in a dreamlike state
What is depersonalization?