What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?
BReINPreviously, somatization disorder, somatoform disorder, and somatoform pain disorder were collectively referred to as somatic symptom disorder.
Diagnostic criteria are basically clinical diagnosis. Disruption of daily life for 6 months or more and at least one of the following applies.
- Disproportionate and persistent thoughts about the severity of symptoms
- Intense, persistent anxiety about health or symptoms
- Excessive waste of time and energy on symptoms or health concerns
Of course, it is premised that no organic disease is recognized by various tests and that there is no medically rational explanation for the patient's complaint. Related to this is disease anxiety.
What is Illness Anxiety?
It was once called hypochondriasis, but this name is no longer used. This is a condition in which there is an intense fear that one must be ill or that one will become ill, and that fear limits social activities and is associated with significant distress.
Diagnosis of illness anxiety disorder is also clinically based on the following criteria:
- Preoccupation with serious illness or development.
- Little or no physical symptoms.
- He has strong anxieties about his health and is wary of trifles.
- Even though self-checks are frequent, people tend to avoid making appointments and visiting hospitals.
- Excessive preoccupation with illness or change in specific complaints over 6 months.
- Difficult to explain with depression or another mental disorder.
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What is conversion disease
It used to be called conversion hysteria or conversion disorder, but the Japanese version of DSM-5 by the American Psychiatric Association has revised the diagnosis to conversion disorder.
It is a type of somatization (a mental phenomenon that appears as a physical symptom), and it seems that there are many cases where it develops after being subjected to a great deal of stress. Impaired motor or sensory function, sometimes including tremors, seizures, loss of consciousness, and abnormal limb position.
More specific symptoms include impaired coordination, balance problems, muscle weakness, paralysis of the upper or lower extremities, sensory loss, diplopia, deafness, loss of voice, difficulty swallowing, and laryngopharyngeal sensation.
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When diagnosing conversion syndrome, it is most important to differentiate it from similar diseases (the details of the symptoms do not match those of neurological disease). and able to walk on tiptoe.”
On top of that, conversion disorder is diagnosed when there is a significant impairment in all aspects of daily life. In some cases, the disappearance of symptoms with psychiatric approaches can lead to a “therapeutic diagnosis.”
In general, it is rare for patients to accept that they have the disease, so building a relationship of trust with medical professionals is extremely important.
Brain fatigue (brain overwork) is deeply involved in all of these!
In our clinical research, a considerable number of brain fatigue (brain overwork
are reported to be lurking.
In the various life cycles of each individual, when unavoidable conflicts continue for a long period of time or are exposed to sudden and powerful stress, the energy balance of the brain is significantly disturbed, and this manifests itself as brain fatigue. .
At this time, when unconscious emotions are not released smoothly, or when unconscious feelings cannot be smoothly expressed in words, humans borrow various forms to express themselves. It is our view that this is somatization.
In fact, we have confirmed the same phenomenon in clinical trials at our hospital, and there are cases where symptoms subside by improving brain fatigue.
When you receive these three diagnoses from a psychiatrist or psychosomatic medicine department, please be aware that there is an option of BReIN (integrative therapy that combines multiple techniques such as listening counseling and touching) that does not rely on drugs. .
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