Regarding the Cause(s)of Psychosomatic Illness, Which of the Following Statements

question 587

Multiple Choice

Regarding the cause(s) of psychosomatic illness, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Stress is the sole cause of psychosomatic illnesses.
• B)Personality and learned reactions to stress are involved in the development of psychosomatic illnesses.
• C)Genetic predisposition and organ weaknesses contribute to the development of psychosomatic illnesses.
• D)A general disease-prone personality type exists, and to a degree, there are also "headache personalities," "asthma personalities," and "cardiac personalities."

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