6C20.0
Mild bodily distress disorder
Transtorno de sofrimento corporal leve
CategoryDefinition
All definitional requirements of bodily distress disorder are present. There is excessive attention to distressing symptoms and their consequences, which may result in frequent medical visits, but the person is not preoccupied with the symptoms (e.g., the individual spends less than an hour per day focusing on them). Although the individual expresses distress about the symptoms and they may have some impact on his or her life (e.g., strain in relationships, less effective academic or occupational functioning, abandonment of specific leisure activities), there is no substantial impairment in the person’s personal, family, social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Diagnostic Criteria
- All of the Essential Features of Bodily Distress Disorder are present.
- Although there is excessive attention to distressing symptoms and their consequences, which may result in frequent medical visits, the individual spends only a limited amount of time focusing on them (e.g., no more than one or two hours per day) and is able to focus on other unrelated topics.
- The bodily symptoms and related distress and preoccupation result in mild impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (e.g., strain in relationships, less effective academic or occupational functioning, abandonment of specific leisure activities).
Index Terms
Mild bodily distress disorder