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littleanan

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Seventeen-year-old Juanita woke up one day and was unable to walk. Her doctors were unable to find a cause for this condition and sent her to a psychiatrist to consider a diagnosis of ________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

Mrs. Klinger has a ten-year history of fearing a heart attack, although no doctor has found anything wrong with her heart. She frequently calls emergency services and lies in bed most days worrying that she will have a coronary. Mrs. Klinger suffers from ____.
 
  a. complex somatic symptom disorder with pain features (pain disorder)
  b. functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)
  c. factitious disorder imposed on self
  d. illness anxiety disorder



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Answer to Question 1

conversion disorder, functional neurological symptom disorder

Answer to Question 2

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