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You are given an assignment to search the web for a case of factitious disorder by proxy. Which of the following cases is likely to fit this description?
 
  a) a husband and wife mimic each other's symptoms in order to confuse
   a therapist
   b) a mother causes physical symptoms in her child for the purpose of seeking treatment
   c) the more time they spend in group therapy, the more clients tend to
   exhibit each other's symptoms
   d) a client reports the symptoms that he sees exhibited on television shows because he lives through the lives of others

Question 2

When is a condition or personality disorder described as premorbid?
 
  a) It involves depression.
   b) It is associated with suicide risk.
   c) It is diagnosable without autopsy.
   d) It already exists when another problem develops.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d





 

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