Psychopathological Hand Disorders: A Rare Somatoform Reaction to Psychological Conflicts

Psychological Differentiation of Psychopathological Disorders

A Training Program of Psychopathological Exploration of Somatoform Disorders Based on Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence

A training program of differential diagnosis skills was developed to enhance the learning of the psychopathological exploration of Somatoform Disorders using Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) based simulations. The sample of the study consisted of 89 psychology students. Comparisons between the experimental (VR and AI training) and the control group (role-playing training) s...

Somatoform disorders.

The somatoform disorders are a group of psychiatric disorders that cause unexplained physical symptoms. They include somatization disorder (involving multisystem physical symptoms), undifferentiated somatoform disorder (fewer symptoms than somatization disorder), conversion disorder (voluntary motor or sensory function symptoms), pain disorder (pain with strong psychological involvement), hypoc...

Somatoform Disorders

In addition to the Somatoform Disorders, as listed in DSM-IV, such as Somatization Disorder (SD), Conversion Disorder (CD), Hypochondriasis (HD), Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Pain Disorder, and Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder (USD), there are a group of disorders called “Functional Somatic Syndromes” (4), such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Fibromyalgia. Facti...

Somatoform Disorders - A Pediatric Experience.

Somatization in children consists of the persistent experience and complaints of somatic distress that cannot be fully explained by a medical diagnosis. Working at the Psychophysiological Department at the University Clinic we are dealing with more than 100 children per year manifesting this kind of disorders. The aim of this article is to summarize some specific characteristics of the somatofo...