Can Cancer Patients Suffer from Somatic Symptom Disorder?
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Princeton University
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Medical illnesses are of interest to clinical psychologists on two fronts. First, stress can worsen or help produce medical problems. Second, according to DSM-5, people who overreact psychologically to somatic symptoms―even ones with clear medical causes―may qualify for a diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder. This video focuses on the use of certain interventions to help cancer patients cope with the physical and psychological impact of their illness and of their chemotherapy. The video also features research on such interventions, including findings that cancer patients who receive the interventions tend to survive longer.
1. According to the video, which of the following interventions helps reduce the undesired effects of chemotherapy?
2. According to the video, which of the following interventions helps cancer patients to survive longer?
3. Christine seems to be coping effectively with her illness. If, however, she experienced severe depression, severe sleep problems, and an inability to carry out daily activities because of her concerns about the illness, she might qualify for which of the following diagnoses, according to DSM-5?
4. Treatments that improve the health and survival of cancer patients tend to ______________.
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