Other, less common types of mental illnesses include: Stress response syndromes (formerly called adjustment disorders):Stress response syndromes occur when a person develops emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to astressfulevent or situation. The stressors may include natural disasters, such as ...
Somatic symptom disorders:A person with a somatic symptom disorder, formerly known as a psychosomatic disorder orsomatoform disorder, experiences physical symptoms of an illness or of pain with an excessive and disproportionate level of distress, regardless of whether or not a doctor can find a medic...
Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchDean C (1987) Psychiatric morbidity following mastectomy: preoperative predictors and types of illness. J Psychosom Res 31:385–392Dean, C (1987) Psychiatric morbidity following mastectomy—preoperative predictors and types of illness. J Psychosom Res 31: pp. 385-392...
The "death-capitulators," by virtue of some strong emotion, play a psychological role in hastening their own demise. These people give in to death or "scare themselves to death." Shneidman includes in this category voodoo deaths and other deaths in which psychosomatic illness and higher risk...
Psychosomatic disorders are those in which a person's symptoms are imaginary. True or false? True or False: Hallucinations, delusions and looseness of associations are among the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Answer true or false: One potential downside to...
bipolar c. psychosomatic d. generalized anxiety For which disorder is ECT typically used? a. severe depression. b. schizophrenia. c. anxiety disorders. d. panic disorder. Distress is a key ingredient in anxiety disorders and may also underlie which o...