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75  Predominant Somatic and Interoceptive Prototypes

75.1 Summary

• Prototypes dominated by bodily distress, symptom focus, or functional neurologic presentations.

75.2 Included Prototypes

• Somatic Symptom Burden Prototype.
• Functional Neurologic Symptom Prototype.

75.3 How to Use This Cluster

• Start with the Atlas entry for somatic distress and interoception.
• Rate the Somatic Distress and Interoception domain.
• Apply a prototype label only when it improves communication or documentation.

75.4 Boundary Markers

• What it is: persistent bodily distress or functional symptoms with high impact.
• What it is not: fully explained medical illness without distress amplification.

75.5 Common Overlap

• Anxiety and threat sensitivity.
• Sleep and arousal dysregulation.

75.6 Cross-Links

• Atlas: Somatic Distress and Interoception.
• Domains: Somatic Distress and Interoception; Anxiety and Threat Sensitivity.
• Specifiers: Course and Time Pattern; Severity and Impairment; Etiologic Contributors.

75.7 Documentation Snippet (1-2 lines)

• “Somatic-dominant profile with high symptom focus; consider somatic burden vs functional neurologic pattern after domain rating.”