What Is Somatic Symptom Disorder? How Is It Different from Illness

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Essay

What is somatic symptom disorder? How is it different from illness anxiety disorders, factitious disorders imposed on self, factitious disorders imposed on another, and conversion disorders (functional neurological symptom disorders)?

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Definitions:

Residual Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variability or dispersion of a set of data points around a regression line not explained by the regression itself.

Beta

A measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market; a beta greater than 1 indicates higher volatility than the market, while a beta less than 1 indicates lower volatility.

Style Analysis

A technique used in finance to determine the investment strategy of a fund or portfolio by breaking down its holdings into meaningful characteristics or styles such as size, value, or growth orientation.

Jensen's Measure

Also known as alpha, it's a metric used to evaluate the performance of an investment portfolio by comparing its risk-adjusted return to a benchmark.