Mental health · UKMLA & AKT
Somatisation
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test. Below are the key points to recognise somatisation — the full SA Note notes add investigations, management, complications and 10 practice questions.
Key high-yield points
- Distinguishing somatisation disorder from conversion disorder and illness anxiety disorder is the core exam skill for this topic.
A single focal neurological symptom (e.g. unilateral numbness in a non-dermatomal distribution) in the context of an acute psychological stressor = conversion disorder, NOT somatisation disorder. Somatisation disorder requires multiple symptoms across multiple systems over a prolonged period.
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