somatic

Examples of somatic in the following topics:

• Somatic Symptom Disorders

  • Somatic symptom disorders involve physical symptoms but lack physical evidence of illness or injury.
  • A somatic symptom disorder, formerly known as a somatoform disorder, is a category of mental disorder included in a number of diagnostic schemes of mental illness, including the recent DSM-5 section Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders.
  • Those that do not pass the diagnostic criteria for a somatic symptom disorder but still present physical symptoms are usually referred to as having "somatic preoccupation".
  • Their replacement, somatic symptom disorder, has the following criteria for diagnosis:
  • Somatic symptom disorder is a controversial diagnosis.

• The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

  • The PNS can also be divided into two separate systems: the autonomic nervous system and the somatic nervous system.
  • The somatic nervous system keeps the body adept and coordinated, both through reflexes and voluntary action.
  • The somatic nervous system controls systems in areas as diverse as the skin, bones, joints, and skeletal muscles.
  • The information is then sent back via efferent nerves, or nerves that carry instructions from the CNS, back through the somatic system.
  • The somatic system also provides us with reflexes, which are automatic and do not require input or integration from the brain to perform.

• Somatosensation: Pressure, Temperature, and Pain

  • The human sense of touch is known as the somatic or somatosensory system.
  • A somatic system disorder (formerly called a somatoform disorder) is a type of psychological disorder related to the somatosensory system.
  • Somatic system disorders present symptoms of physical pain or illness that cannot be explained by a medical condition, injury, or substance.
  • Illness anxiety disorder: A somatic symptom disorder involving persistent and excessive worry about developing a serious illness.
  • Undifferentiated somatic symptom disorder – only one unexplained symptom is required for at least 6 months.

• Introduction to the Nervous System

  • The PNS can be further subdivided into the autonomic nervous system and the somatic nervous system.
  • The somatic nervous system controls voluntary movements such as those in the skin, bones, joints, and skeletal muscles.

• Body-Oriented Psychotherapies

  • Body-oriented therapies, also referred to as body psychotherapies, are based on the principles of somatic psychology, which involves the study of the body, somatic experience, and the embodied self, including therapeutic and holistic approaches to the body.
  • There is an increasing use of body-oriented therapeutic techniques within mainstream psychology (such as the practice of mindfulness), and psychoanalysis has recognized the use of such concepts as somatic resonance and embodied trauma.
  • Body-oriented therapies are based on the principles of somatic psychology, which was founded by Wilhelm Reich in the 1930s.

• Factitious Disorders

  • These disorders are distinct from hypochondriasis and other somatic symptom and related disorders in that those with the latter do not intentionally produce their somatic symptoms (i.e., symptoms related to the body).

• The Central Nervous System (CNS)

• The Schizophrenia Spectrum

  • Somatic type: Delusion that the person has some physical defect or medical condition.

• Validity and Reliability of Personality Assessments

  • After two years on the job, police officers’ responses indicated an increased vulnerability to alcoholism, somatic symptoms (vague, unexplained physical complaints), and anxiety.

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  • Six clusters of symptoms have been suggested for diagnosis of C-PTSD: (1) alterations in regulation of affect and impulses; (2) alterations in attention or consciousness; (3) alterations in self-perception; (4) alterations in relations with others; (5) somatization, and (6) alterations in systems of meaning.