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Munchausen syndrome definition |
Deliberately feigns illness to draw sympathy, attention or reassurance |
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Conversion disorder definition |
=dissociative disorder. Often associated with a traumatic event and tends to remit within a few weeks or months. Covers physical disorders normally under voluntary control (pain and other complex physical sensations are classified as somatisation disorders) |
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Dissociative fugue definition |
Dissociative amnesia and a purposeful journey beyond the usual everyday range (during which the behaviour can appear entirely normal) |
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Hypochondriacal disorder definition |
Preoccupation with the possibility of having one or more specific serious and progressive physical disorders. Normal sensation are often misattributed to pathological processes |
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Malingering definition |
Feigning illness with obvious motivation |
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Somatisation disorder definition |
Multiple, recurrent and frequently changing physical symptoms of at least 2 years duration |
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Couvade syndrome definition |
=sympathetic pregnancy |
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Body dysmorphic disorder treatments |
SSRIs, clomipramine (serotonergic TCA), CBT. If delusional BDD then antipsychotics |
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Chronic fatigue syndrome criteria |
1) severe chronic fatigue of >6 months with other known medical conditions excluded by clinical diagnosis 2) concurrently have 4 or more of the following: Substantial impairment in short term memory or concentration Sore throat Tender lymph nodes Muscle pain Multi joint pain without swelling or redness Headaches of a new type, pattern or severity Unrefreshing sleep Post exertional malaise lasting >24 hours |
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Chronic fatigue syndrome treatment |
CBT Antidepressants if there is a comorbid depression |
