AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -MUPSs or medically unexplained symptoms (MUSs) are defined as subjective patient symptoms for which the treating physician, other healthcare providers, and research scientists have found no medical cause.

Detailed explanation-2: -Somatoform disorder, also known as somatic symptom disorder (SSD) or psychosomatic disorder, is a mental health condition that causes an individual to experience physical bodily symptoms in response to psychological distress.

Detailed explanation-3: -Conversion disorder(functional neurological symptom disorder) is a condition in which the symptoms affect a person’s perception, sensation or movement with no evidence of a physical cause.

Detailed explanation-4: -The diagnosis of undifferentiated somatoform disorder is a less-specific version of somatization disorder that requires only a six-month or longer history of one or more unexplained physical complaints in addition to the other requisite clinical criteria.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hypochondriasis is described as an anxious, internalizing disturbance whereas somatization disorder is a dramatic, externalizing disorder. As we have seen, there is evidence from clinical observation and case series of differences in sex ratio and clinical manifestations, especially illness behavior.