Mental health · UKMLA & AKT
Somatisation
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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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