Question

Define "somatic symptom disorder", and choose one of the example disorders to discuss along with it's available treatment options.

Examples of Somatic symptom disorders include: functional neurological symptom disorder, dysmorphophobia/body dysmorphic disorder, somatization disorder, and somatoform pain disorder.

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Somatic symptom disorder

it means that a group of disorder in which the people experience physical symptom for there is no apparent organic cause.

The symptoms are often inconsistent with possible physiological process.

The people don't consciosly produce or control symptoms but truly experience the symptoms.

The symptoms pass only when the psychological factor that led to the symptoms are resolved

Example choosen is below

Somatic pain disorder

A somatic pain disorder characterized by the presence of and focus on pain in one or more body sites and sufficiently sever to come clinical attention.

Etiology

1.Psychodynamic factors

2.Behavioural factors

3.Interpintersonal factors

4.Biological factors

Clinical features

1.Low back pain,headache,atypical facial pain,chronic pelvic pain and other kind of pain

2.patient have long history of medical and surgical care

3.Patient often denay emotional dysphoria

4.Use of alcohol or substance abuse

Diagnostic evaluation

History and physical examination reveal the source and characteristics of the pain.

Treatment

Pharmacotherapy

The analgesics generally don't effect the patient with somatic pain

Sedatives and antianxiety are not especially benificable and are subject to misuse and adverse effect.

Antidepressants such as trycyclics, SSRIs are most effective pharmacological agent.

Non pharmacological treatment

It include massage and accupuncture have noticed better control over the pain.

A trained person has to provide accupuncture and massage therapy.

Psychotherapy

The out come data's shows that the psychotherapy most effective patient with somatic pain disorder

It is a physiological method particularly with personal interaction with client ,which helps to divert the patient mind their by pain is under control.

It also helps the person to change the behaviour .