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Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders - Coggle Diagram
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Physical symptoms in the absence of a physical disease
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Person has persistent body-related symptoms which may or may not be related to any serious medical condition
Tend to be overly preoccupied with their symptoms
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Continually worry about their health
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Make frequent visits to doctors
Experience significant distress
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disturbances in their daily life
Illness-anxiety Disorder
Accompanied by
anxiety
about one’s health
Individuals
Overly concerned about undiagnosed disease, negative diagnostic results
Do not respond to assurance by doctors
Are easily alarmed about illness such as on hearing about someone else's ill-health or some such news
Persistent preoccupation about developing serious illness+ Constantly worrying about this possibility
Coversion Disorders
Symptoms
Blindness
Deafness
Paralysis
Difficulty in walking
Symptoms often occur after stressful experience & may be quite sudden
Reported loss of part or all of some basic body functions
Individual has psychological difficulties and complains of physical symptoms, for which there is no biological cause