Indeed they do, but considering the medical milieu that people with chronic conditions deal with, I cannot make myself believe for a moment that somatic symptom disorder is going to be used appropriately outside, perhaps, at a stretch, the discipline of psychology. I understand why you think it's appropriate to name and treat this problem, but I don't understand why you think it's appropriate to separate it from other disproportionate anxieties that affect daily life.
The broadness of the definition and making it a different thing to other disproportionate but not imaginary anxieties is highly inappropriate considering that it's not just "a specialist experienced with illness and disability" who will be using it. If diagnostic procedures, access to treatment and access to mental health care were all in an ideal state, then I think this disorder might reasonably be classified as a disorder. As it stands, it's another tool to cause harm to any patient who does not suit the doctor's opinions and resources.
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Indeed they do, but considering the medical milieu that people with chronic conditions deal with, I cannot make myself believe for a moment that somatic symptom disorder is going to be used appropriately outside, perhaps, at a stretch, the discipline of psychology. I understand why you think it's appropriate to name and treat this problem, but I don't understand why you think it's appropriate to separate it from other disproportionate anxieties that affect daily life.
The broadness of the definition and making it a different thing to other disproportionate but not imaginary anxieties is highly inappropriate considering that it's not just "a specialist experienced with illness and disability" who will be using it. If diagnostic procedures, access to treatment and access to mental health care were all in an ideal state, then I think this disorder might reasonably be classified as a disorder. As it stands, it's another tool to cause harm to any patient who does not suit the doctor's opinions and resources.