The Difference Between a Somatic Symptom Disorder and a Medical

question 21

Multiple Choice

 The difference between a somatic symptom disorder and a medical disorder is that ____. 

• A)the person with the somatoform disorder is consciously faking it
• B)symptoms of the somatoform disorder have no underlying medical cause
• C)the medical disorder can be cured
• D)medication can be used to cure somatoform disorders

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