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Somatoform
Disorder
Karl Gambito
Period 1
Brief summary
 When you feel pain, and nothing physical
is causing it, you are going through
somatoform disorder. A type of disease
this is characterized under it is
hypochondria. When you’re fearful and
precautious. You usually deal with:
Depression, anxiety, pains, ect.
Meaning of Somatoform
Disorder
 Somatoform disorder is having pains
when nothing physical happened.
Somatoform Disorder &
Hypochondria
 Somatoform disorder is feeling pains when
nothing physically happened, Some pains are:
chest pains, headaches, stomach aches, ect.
Another similar disorder is hypochondria.
Hypochondria is fear of precaution with one’s
health. The symptoms are usually stress
related or psychological. It is important to be
educated about Somatoform disorder, because
they could really hurt their selves by,
overdosing on pain killers, and many more.
Story
 Juanita, Juanita is convinced she has a illness.
She checks her temperature, and reads
magazines about her problems. She sees the
school nurse once a week complaining about:
chest pains, headaches, stomach aches, ect.
She blames these problems on her poor school
performance. The nurse tells her nothing
physically is wrong with her. Juanita does not
believe her. Juanita is going through
hypochondria.
Opinion
 I feel that this topic is good to know about
if you’re going through these problems.
Remember if you’re feeling: chest pains,
headaches, stomach aches, ect. It’s
usually stress related and psychological.
Summary
 Somatoform disorder is a feeling of pains
such as: chest pains, headaches,
stomach aches, ect. A related disorder is
hypochondria. Hypochondria is a fear of
disease and preoccupation with ones
health. It is usually stress related, and
psychological.