Types of Disorders
This disorder involves the presence of physical symptoms that cannot be explained by a medical condition, often causing significant distress or impairment.
What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?
This early life experience is often linked to the development of Conversion Disorder, as it can lead to the conversion of psychological trauma into physical symptoms.
What is severe childhood trauma?
People with Illness Anxiety Disorder believe they have a serious illness, even with very mild symptoms. This belief is often known as what?
What is health anxiety?
This type of therapy helps patients with Illness Anxiety Disorder reduce anxiety about their health by addressing their irrational fears and beliefs.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Conversion Disorder is sometimes linked to severe childhood trauma, which may cause the unconscious mind to convert stress into physical symptoms. This theory is called what?
What is psychodynamic theory?
A condition where a person has excessive anxiety about having a serious illness, despite having no or only mild symptoms.
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder (Hypochondria)?
This has been studied for its possible role in the development of Conversion Disorder, particularly regarding how emotional stress can trigger physical symptoms.
What are brain structures?
People with Munchausen’s Syndrome often visit many different hospitals or doctors, seeking attention. This behavior is also called what?
What is hospital-hopping syndrome?
This approach is commonly used to treat Munchausen’s Syndrome, focusing on underlying psychological issues that cause the need to be sick.
What is psychotherapy?
In the 19th century, patients with Conversion Disorder were often diagnosed with this condition, which was thought to involve psychological causes for physical symptoms.
What is hysteria?
In this disorder, patients fake or exaggerate symptoms of illness for external rewards, such as financial compensation or attention.
What is Munchausen's Syndrome?
In Conversion Disorder, this type of reinforcement, such as receiving attention from others due to symptoms, can encourage the continuation of the disorder.
What is positive reinforcement?
Conversion Disorder is characterized by this type of physical symptom loss, such as the inability to move a limb or see, but with no medical explanation.
What is motor or sensory loss?
People with Conversion Disorder may benefit from this type of therapy to help regain lost motor functions or sensory abilities.
What is physical therapy?
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, patients with Somatoform Disorders were often treated in this type of institution for people with mental health issues.
What is a mental asylum or psychiatric hospital?
This term is used when physical complaints are made by a person who may be using another individual (such as a child or elderly person) to gain attention or other benefits.
What is Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy?
Individuals with Illness Anxiety Disorder may be more prone to this kind of thinking, which leads them to over-interpret normal bodily sensations as signs of serious illness.
What is catastrophic thinking?
In Conversion Disorder, patients often don’t seem to be overly concerned about their severe symptoms. This lack of concern is called what?
What is la belle indifférence?
For Munchausen’s By Proxy, therapy may involve helping caregivers address their psychological needs and stopping the harmful behavior.
What is family therapy?
This early 20th-century psychologist is known for his work on hysteria and conversion disorder, linking psychological trauma to physical symptoms.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This disorder is characterized by neurological symptoms (such as paralysis or blindness) that cannot be explained by a medical condition.
What is Conversion Disorder?
This emotional need, often linked to Munchausen’s Syndrome, may drive an individual to feign illness in order to receive attention, sympathy, or care, despite being healthy.
What is emotional fulfillment?
This is the manual doctors use to diagnose Somatoform Disorders and other mental health conditions.
What is the DSM-5?
This type of medication may be used for patients with Illness Anxiety Disorder to help manage anxiety or depression.
What are antidepressants (e.g., SSRIs)?
This theory suggests that Conversion Disorder symptoms are reinforced by the attention a patient receives for their symptoms.
What is reinforcement theory?