Conversion disorder is a loss of or change in body function re-fear arises out of an unrealistic interpretation of physical signs dyskinesia, blindness, tunnel vision, anosmia, anesthesia, and paralysis, aphonia, seizures, coordination disturbance, akinesia, social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (APA, 2000). This diagnosis is made when psychological factors have been judged to have a major role in the onset, severity, ex-acerbation, or maintenance of the pain, even when the physical examination reveals pathology that is associated with the pain.HypochondriasisHypochondriasis is an unrealistic preoccupation with the fear of having a serious illness. The symptoms are those that suggest neurological disease such as pathophysiological mechanism. The most common conversion which cannot be explained by any known medical disorder or sulting from a psychological conflparesthesia.and symptoms. Occasionally medical disease may be pres-ent, but in the hypochondriacal individual, the symptoms are grossly disproportionate to the degree of pathology. Individu-als with hypochondriasis often have a long history of “doctor shopping” and are convinced that they are not receiving the proper care.Conversion Disorder DSM ict, the physical symptoms of Somatoform Disorders -IV-TR suggests that this ●^177
2506_Ch09_176-190.indd Sec1:177 2506 Ch 09 176 - 190 .indd swelling or asymmetry, or excessive facial hair (APA, 2000).● terized by the exaggerated belief that the body is deformed or defective in some specifiThis disorder, formerly called dysmorphophobia, is charac-thinning hair, acne, wrinkles, scars, vascular markings, facial 1. involve imagined or slight flSBody Dysmorphic Disorderec 1 TO SOMATOFORM DISORDERS a. Physiological b. PREDISPOSING FACTORS^ : 177 chondriasis in fisomatization disorder, conversion disorder, and hypo-phins may play a role in the etiology of pain disorder.Genetic& Grossman, 2007; Yutzy, 2003). inheritable predisposition (Sadock & Sadock, 2007; Soares Biochemical. Studies have shown an increased incidence of. Decreased levels of serotonin and endor- rst-degree relatives, implying a possible c way. The most common complaints aws of the face or head, such as 1 10/1/10 9:35:17 AM 0 / 1 / 10 9 : 35 : 17 AM
