Suppose you are the director of a mental health clinic in a neighborhood where many immigrants from India, China, and Korea live. You could expect that clients coming from these Asian backgrounds would ____.
a. feel that anyone with a somatic symptom disorder is morally weak
b. have almost no somatic symptom disorders
c. believe that any somatic complaints they have come from emotional stress
d. have physical complaints in reaction to stress
Question 2
In the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ferris deliberately fakes his own headaches and stomach pains so that he could avoid going to school. Aside from his irresponsibility, Ferris would best be diagnosed as exhibiting ____.
a. factitious disorder
b. impulse control disorder
c. malingering
d. illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis)
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