Marge Has Gone to Doctors with More Than Twenty Different

question 27

Multiple Choice

Marge has gone to doctors with more than twenty different somatic complaints in the past year and has had surgery four times.She has few anxiety or depressive symptoms, but doctors never satisfy her when they say, "There's nothing wrong with you physically." What is unusual about this patient?

• A)People with complex somatic symptom disorders with somatization features (somatization disorders)rarely shop around for doctors.
• B)People with complex somatic symptom disorders with somatization features (somatization disorders)usually show only one physical complaint.
• C)Complex somatic symptom disorder with somatization features (somatization disorder)often includes depression and anxiety.
• D)Complex somatic symptom disorder with somatization features (somatization disorder)affects mostly males.

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