A 25-year-old woman is brought in for treatment by her parents ...

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A 25-year-old woman is brought in for treatment by her parents who state that she has curtailed social contacts because she has become preoccupied with her thighs, calling them hideous and disfigured.
 
  She believes that people can't stop staring at them because they are so deformed. Which of the following is the term used to describe these symptoms?
  A) Conversion disorder
  B) Body dysmorphic disorder
  C) Hypervigilance
  D) Hypochondriasis

Question 2

A client has expressed that she has benefited from therapy sessions in which the focus was on techniques for blocking psychological conflict. The benefit derived from blocking psychological conflict from conscious awareness is called what?
 
  A) Primary gain
  B) Secondary gain
  C) La belle indifference
  D) Sick role reward

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
The primary feature of body dysmorphic disorder is preoccupation with an imagined defect in appearance. Clients obsess about minor or nonexistent facial abnormalities, such as wrinkles, spots on the skin, facial asymmetry, or facial hair. Other body parts, such as the genitals, breasts, buttocks, hands, or feet, may be the focus of distress and embarrassment.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Feedback:
Symptoms associated with many of the somatoform disorders provide the client with primary gain, in that the symptoms block psychological conflict or anxiety from conscious awareness.

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