Present somatization disorder and conversion disorder by creating two cases that describe the characteristics of each disorder
What will be an ideal response?
Somatoform disorders are marked by a pattern of recurring, multiple, and significant bodily (somatic) symptoms that extend over several years. The bodily symptoms (such as pain, vomiting, paralysis, blindness) are not under voluntary control, have no known physical causes, and are believed to be caused by psychological factors.
Somatization disorder begins before age 30, lasts several years, and is characterized by multiple symptoms, including pain, gastrointestinal, sexual, and neurological symptoms, which have no physical causes but are triggered by psychological problems or distress.
A conversion disorder refers to changing anxiety or emotional distress into real physical, motor, sensory, or neurological symptoms (such as headaches, nausea, dizziness, loss of sensation, paralysis), for which no physical or organic cause can be identified.
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a. True b. False
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a. True b. False