https://www.psychdb.com/ 2026-06-18T11:35:16-0700 https://www.psychdb.com/ https://www.psychdb.com/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2024-04-16T10:30:17-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/dsm-5/conversion?rev=1713288617&do=diff Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Disorder) Primer Conversion Disorder (also known as Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder or Functional Neurological Disorder [FND]) is a mental disorder characterized by neurologic symptoms (either motor or sensory) that is incompatible with any known neurologic disease. Common symptoms include weakness and/or paralysis, text/html 2021-12-14T00:46:59-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/dsm-5/factitious?rev=1639471619&do=diff Factitious Disorder Primer Factitious Disorder (also known as Munchausen Syndrome -- named after Baron von Munchausen, an 18th-century German officer known for embellishing the stories of his life) involves the falsification of physical or psychological signs or symptoms with no obvious reward. Factitious disorder is different from text/html 2021-02-06T09:48:30-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/dsm-5/home?rev=1612633710&do=diff DSM-5 Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders text/html 2021-05-07T23:04:39-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/dsm-5/illness-anxiety?rev=1620453879&do=diff Illness Anxiety Disorder Primer Illness anxiety disorder is a mental disorder characterized by a preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious, undiagnosed medical illness. Somatic symptoms are either not present or mild in intensity. Illness anxiety can be thought of as a generalized anxiety disorder that focuses exclusively on health concerns. text/html 2021-11-12T00:38:53-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/dsm-5/psychological-factors?rev=1636706333&do=diff Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions (PFAOMC/PFAMC) Primer Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions (PFAOMC/PFAMC) is a mental disorder that is diagnosed when clinically significant psychological or behavioural factors adversely affects an individual's medical condition and increases their risk for suffering, death, or disability. These factors include psychological distress, patterns of interpersonal interaction, coping styles, and maladaptive health behavi… text/html 2024-08-21T11:20:25-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/dsm-5/somatic-symptom?rev=1724264425&do=diff Somatic Symptom Disorder Primer Somatic Symptom Disorder is a mental disorder characterized by multiple, current, somatic symptoms that are distressing or result in significant disruption of daily life. Commonly, only one severe symptom, pain is present. The individual's suffering is authentic, text/html 2021-05-12T18:58:52-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/somatic/dsm-5/z-other-specified?rev=1620871132&do=diff Other Specified Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Primer Other Specified Somatic Symptom Disorders is a category of DSM-5 diagnoses that applies to individuals who have symptoms characteristic of somatic symptom and related disorder (e.g. - somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder) but do not meet the full criteria for any of them.