NRNP 6665 Treating Patients With Somatic Symptom-Related Disorders
NRNP 6665 Treating Patients With Somatic Symptom-Related Disorders
Effectively treating patients with somatic symptom-related disorders begins with comprehensive assessment and understanding of the symptoms and duration of the patient’s complaints. As a practitioner, you will need to listen to your patients and know what questions to ask in order to elicit the information that will allow you to determine the most effective diagnosis. You will have to do this while understanding that there could be more than one disorder contributing to the symptoms that are disrupting their daily lives. When you believe you have established the diagnosis, you must then consider a course of treatment that will work best for a particular patient. For the same disorder, both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments may be considered depending on the needs of the patient.
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There is no Assignment due this week. You should spend this week reviewing the Learning Resources on somatic symptom-related disorders and preparing for your final exam, which you will take next week.
NRNP 6665 Treating Patients With Somatic Symptom-Related Disorders
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Patients with somatic symptom-related disorders suffer from disproportionate feelings, thoughts, or behaviors related to physical symptoms. These disorders may manifest as excessive anxiety given the severity of a diagnosis or as pain or symptoms that don’t have a specific physical cause and are then attributed to psychological factors. Although it may be easier for some to understand and accept a physical diagnosis, somatic symptom-related disorders demonstrate the amazing connection between mind and body.
This week, you will explore the relationship between cognitive and physical symptoms in somatic symptom-related disorders.
Learning Resources
Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)
Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2015). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
- Chapter 13, “Psychosomatic Medicine”
Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015). Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
- Chapter 72, “Somatoform and Other Related Disorders”
Required Media (click to expand/reduce)