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jasdeep_brar · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Marie goes to her doctor several times a month. She insists that she has pain in her lower abdomen and believes that her appendix is about to burst. After several visits that showed no signs of physical disorder, Maries doctor believes that she might suffer from ____.

a. obsessive-compulsive disorder
b. generalized anxiety disorder
c. conversion disorder
d. illness anxiety disorder

Question 2

Cigdem thinks that she has a form of cancer, but no doctor has been able to find anything wrong with her. She has been going from one doctor to another for five years now with serious complaints. Cigdem is most likely suffering from ____.

a. agoraphobia
b. conversion disorder
c. somatic symptom disorder
d. illness anxiety disorder