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Associated Disorders/Symptoms
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100

Name some common symptoms that clients with SSD report.

What is abdominal pain, headache, nausea, and fatigue?

100
Pain
What is the main and most common symptom of Somatic Symptom Disorder
100
Females
Which gender is more vulnerable to SSDs?
100
Holistic approach
What type of approach is emphasized as treatment?
100
1) few years of education 2) recently experienced stressful life events
What are two environmental risk factors for SSD?
200

This is a type of somatic symptom disorder in which patients experience neurological symptoms, such as numbness or paralysis in response to stressors.

What is a Conversion disorder?

200
Invalidism
What is something that can occur if the disorder is persistent?
200
0.1-0.2%
What is the prevalence of SSDs in the general population?
200
Depression
What is SSD similar to in the sense that it can occur in the context of a serious medical illness?
200
Negative affectivity (neuroticism)
What is a personality trait that's a risk factor for SSD?
300

These are factors that go into a diagnosis of SSD along with physical symptoms.

What are excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors related to the somatic symptoms?

300
Persistent worries
What is the common result of a patient with somatic symptom disorder seeking medical care?
300
~1%
What is the prevalence of factitious disorder?
300
counseling, physical therapy, treating related stress and other conditions, and transcranial magnetic stimulation
What are two ways of treating conversion disorder?
300
Anxiety or Depression
What are two comorbid disorders that can exacerbate symptoms of SSD?
400

This is a part of the coping and stress response theory that is thought to exacerbate physical symptoms.

What is emotion dysregulation?

400
Must impair daily functioning
What must the effects of the symptoms do in order to be diagnosed?
400
2%
What is the prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder?
400
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
What is treatment for conversion disorder in which involves exciting brain activity by using weak electrical currents that are said to alter the brain's biochemistry
400
Maladaptive personality traits
What is a temperamental risk factors for conversion disorder?
500

This is a manner in which parents inadvertently maintain or encourage the presence of somatic symptoms in their children.


What are reinforcements such as extra attention or rewards (such as allowing the child to miss school on a test day)

500
Being diagnosed with a comorbid disorder
What heightens the worries of a patient?
500
5-15%
What is the prevalence of conversion disorder?
500
Physical therapy
What is the treatment for conversion disorder in which a patient is working with a physical therapist to prevent complications of certain symptoms?
500
presence of a neurological disease that causes similar symptoms
What is a genetic and physiological risk factor for conversion disorder?