A Person Who Intentionally Produces or Fakes Physical Symptoms Simply

question 186

Multiple Choice

A person who intentionally produces or fakes physical symptoms simply out of a wish to be a patient might be diagnosed with a:

• A) stress disorder.
• B) psychotic disorder.
• C) factitious disorder.
• D) conversion disorder.

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Definitions:

Fixated

Having an obsessive focus or attachment to someone or something.

Psychosexual Stage

A concept in Freudian psychoanalytic theory referring to the series of five stages in childhood development, each characterized by the pleasure focus on a different part of the body.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist known for founding psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Anally Fixated

a term from Freudian psychology referring to a stage of psychosexual development where there's a strong focus on activities related to the anus, such as retention or expulsion of feces, which can influence personality traits.