If a Person Excessively Collects Various Things and Has Great

question 51

Multiple Choice

If a person excessively collects various things and has great difficulty discarding any of them, he or she would most likely be diagnosed with a __________ disorder.

• A)hoarding
• B)factitious
• C)conversion
• D)dissociative

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Definitions:

Magnetic Fluids

Liquids that are magnetized or capable of being magnetized, commonly referred to as ferrofluids, used in various technological and medical applications.

Animal Magnetism

An outdated term that referred to a naturalistic healing power or force, postulated by Franz Mesmer, thought to reside within certain individuals.

Sakel

A reference to Manfred Sakel, a psychiatrist known for introducing insulin coma therapy for psychiatric purposes in the 1930s.

Insulin

A hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates glucose levels in the blood, crucial for managing diabetes.