How are the disorders in the category Somatic Symptom and Related ...

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How are the disorders in the category Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders related to each other?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A construct validity score represents
 
  A) whether two independent practitioners agree on a diagnosis.
   B) the degree to which a test accurately assesses a specific concept and not other related concepts.
   C) a test's ability to discriminate a patient who is trying to fake symptoms.
   D) the percent of test-takers who show reliable scores on a test measuring an related constructs.

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Answer to Question 1

Somatic symptom and related disorders are characterized by excessive thoughts, feelings,
and behaviors related to somatic symptoms. People who suffer from these disorders
experience real physical symptoms, but their physical pain cannot be fully explained by
an established medical condition. The somatic symptom category is a confusing diagnostic category because the individual disorders do not share an underlying emotion or a common etiology. Instead, people with somatic symptom and related disorders express thoughts, feelings, or behaviors in relation to the physical symptoms that seem out of proportion to the symptoms themselves. The specific disorders include somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, conversion disorder, and factitious disorder.

Answer to Question 2

B