Most of the Somatic Symptom Disorders Are Characterised by Cognitive

question 44

Multiple Choice

Most of the somatic symptom disorders are characterised by cognitive and information processing biases,including:

• A)Interpretation biases
• B)Reasoning biases
• C)Catastrophizing of symptoms
• D)All of the above

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