Discuss Interviewing,including the Types of Questions Used and the Steps

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Essay

Discuss interviewing,including the types of questions used and the steps in conducting an interview.

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Definitions:

Hypochondriasis

A condition now referred to as illness anxiety disorder, where an individual is excessively worried about having a serious illness despite medical reassurance.

Factitious Disorder

Disorder marked by deliberately faking physical or mental illness to gain medical attention.

Munchhausen's Syndrome

A psychiatric disorder wherein an individual deliberately feigns or induces illness in themselves for attention, sympathy, or other emotional gain.

Somatic Symptom

A physical symptom that may have no identifiable physical cause but is related to psychological distress.