All::Psychiatry::Diseases::Unexplained symptoms

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Somatisation disorder

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What is Somatisation disorder?

  • multiple physical SYMPTOMS present for at least 2 years
  • patient refuses to accept reassurance or negative test results

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Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis)

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What is Illness anxiety disorder?

  • persistent belief in the presence of an underlying serious DISEASE, e.g. cancer
  • patient again refuses to accept reassurance or negative test results

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Conversion disorder

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What is Conversion disorder?

A mental condition in which a person experiences blindness, paralysis or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by illness or injury.

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Dissociative disorder

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What is Dissociative disorder?

a process of 'separating off' certain memories from normal consciousness

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Factitious disorder

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What is Factitious disorder?

the intentional production of physical or psychological symptoms

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Malingering

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What is Malingering?

fraudulent simulation or exaggeration of symptoms with the intention of financial or other gain

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