For a Somatic Symptom?
Somatic Symptom Disorder Is Diagnosed When a Person Has a Significant Focus on Physical Symptoms, Such as Pain, Weakness or Shortness of Breath, to a Level...
Somatic symptom disorder is diagnosed when a person has a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as pain, weakness or shortness of breath, to a level that results in major distress and/or problems functioning. The individual has excessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors relating to the physical symptoms.
What are some examples of somatic symptoms?
- Pain. ...
- Neurological symptoms such as headaches, movement disorders, weakness, dizziness, fainting.
- Digestive symptoms such as abdominal pain or bowel problems, diarrhea, incontinence, and constipation.
- Sexual symptoms such as pain during sexual activity or painful periods.
What does somatic mean?
Somatic is a fancy word that just means dealing with the body. You may be tired of hearing your great-grandfather's somatic complaints, but give him a break - his body has been working for 80 years! Soma means body in Latin, so somatic means of the body and is most often used in connection with one's health.
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