Deliberately Adopting the Sick Role and Complaining of Symptoms to Achieve

question 31

Multiple Choice

Deliberately adopting the sick role and complaining of symptoms to achieve some specific gain like receiving insurance money or avoiding duties is characteristic of

• A) la belle indifference.
• B) factitious disorders.
• C) somatic symptom disorder.
• D) malingering.
• E) illness anxiety disorder.

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Definitions:

Drug Therapy

The treatment of disease by administration of drugs or medications, with the intent to cure or reduce symptoms.

Psychogenic Causes

Refers to psychological factors that lead to physical symptoms or diseases, without any traceable physical cause.

Lycanthropy

A psychiatric condition in which a person believes they can transform into a wolf or that they have transformed into one, a rare delusion.

Wolves

Large carnivores belonging to the canine family, known for their social structure and roles in ecosystems as apex predators.