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09madisonrousseau09

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A 36-year-old male comes to the clinic complaining of severe headaches. After assessing the client and reviewing test results, the physician finds no physical cause for the headaches.
 
  The physician believes that the client has a psychophysiologic syndrome. What is the client getting from the attention of the health care workers?
  A) Displacement of anxiety
  B) Primary gain
  C) Secondary gain
  D) Repression of trauma

Question 2

The term used to explain physical complaints and symptoms that are expressed because of psychologic stress is what?
 
  A) Hysteria
  B) Somatization
  C) Psychophysiologic
  D) Somatoform



jesse.fleming

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B



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