The Treatment of Somatic Symptom Disorders Is Relatively Primitive Because

question 91

Multiple Choice

The treatment of somatic symptom disorders is relatively primitive because

• A)sufferers rarely seek mental health treatment.
• B)only psychodynamic therapies have been implemented.
• C)efforts to treat them have been unsuccessful.
• D)of legal and professional prohibitions.

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Definitions:

Theoretical Disagreement

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