For Three Months, Laura Has Not Been Able to Speak

question 41

Multiple Choice

For three months, Laura has not been able to speak, although physicians have found no physical cause for her problem. Laura has been repeatedly abused by her husband and she has been unable to testify against him in court because of her voice. Laura is probably suffering from

• A) an anxiety disorder.
• B) a dissociative disorder.
• C) conversion disorder.
• D) a phobia.

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