1. (formerly known as Somatoform Disorders)
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
(formerly known as Somatoform Disorders)
Mr. Koch
AP Psychology
Andover High School

2. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder)
Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions
Factitious Disorder
Other Specified Somatic Symptom and Related Disorder
Unspecified Somatic Symptom and Related Disorder

3. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Psychological problems in which there are symptoms of a physical disorder w/o a physical cause
Not faking it
“malingering” – consciously faking an illness for some concrete benefit (not a somatic symptom disorder)

4. Factitious Disorders
Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self & Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (AKA - Munchausen Syndrome & Munchausen By-Proxy )
a disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick, or by self-injury
Might report false symptoms, manipulate laboratory tests, falsify medical records, ingest a substance, or cause physical injury
Requires absence of obvious rewards (not a form of malingering)
Prevalence unknown due to deception – estimated at about 1% of patients in hospital settings

5. Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) (formerly called “hysteria”)
Person displays blindness, deafness, paralysis, insensitivity to pain or other sensory/motor failure w/o a physical cause
Generally show little/no concern
Rare (only 2% of diagnoses)
Most common in adolescence
& early adulthood

6. Hypochondriasis Strong, unjustified fear of having physical illness
Believe minor symptoms = serious ailments
(i.e. headache = brain tumor)
Believe despite MD reassurance
**Eliminated in DSM-5**
(in part because term was considered pejorative and not conducive to an effective therapeutic relationship)
- Most would now receive a diagnosis of Somatic Symptom Disorder or Illness Anxiety Disorder in DSM-5