Author Question: Historically, many patients with mental health concerns including hysteria and dissociation received ... (Read 76 times)

burton19126 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Historically, many patients with mental health concerns including hysteria and dissociation received significant attention for their maladies. Rather than curing patients, this attention had the ironic effect of worsening their symptoms.

This is an example of ______.

a. iatrogenesis
b. conversion
c. symbiosis
d. dysmorphia

Question 2

The biggest risk of diagnosing a somatic symptom disorder is that:

a. A medical disorder may be overlooked.
b. The patient will object to the diagnosis
c. The patient may be surprised by the diagnosis
d. Somatic Symptom Disorders aren't real