Author Question: All of the following are examples of somatic symptom disorders except ____. a. Anne endures ... (Read 145 times)

tfester · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

All of the following are examples of somatic symptom disorders except ____.

a. Anne endures excessive stress, and she develops an ulcer.
b. Betty feels that she has developed heart disease, although she is in great shape physically.
c. Colleen finds that her legs are paralyzed during the day, but she is able to sleepwalk at night.
d. Dana complains of severe and constant pain in her back and joints, but the pain does not appear to have any physical cause.

Question 2

Urvi has become preoccupied with an imaginary deformity on her face. She often avoids going out in public and has even looked into corrective surgery, even though the deformity does not exist. Urvi is most likely suffering from ____.

a. body dysmorphic disorder
b. somatic symptoms disorder
c. conversion disorder
d. illness anxiety disorder