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Lisaclaire

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Which of the following is a significant problem in confirming a diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder?
 
  a. Patients don't always tell the truth about symptoms.
  b. A true somatic illness will often be detected only later, after medical treatment has been exhausted.
  c. There is no objective measure of a person's pain.
  d. Somatic symptom disorders overlap substantially with mood disorders.

Question 2

What was Sigmund Freud's original conclusion concerning reports of child sexual abuse by patients with conversion disorders?
 
  a. The trauma causes conversion.
  b. The conversion precedes child abuse.
  c. Memories of sexual abuse are fantasies.
  d. Mental illness causes errors in memory.


nmyers

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: b.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a.


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