Research Aimed at Examining Whether Illness Anxiety Order Is Actually

question 10

Multiple Choice

Research aimed at examining whether illness anxiety order is actually better classed as an anxiety rather than a somatic symptom disorder has concluded that illness anxiety disorder

• A) should be classified with the anxiety disorders rather than the somatic symptom disorders
• B) should be classified with both the anxiety and somatic symptom disorders
• C) is correctly classified as a somatic symptom disorder
• D) should be classified as neither an anxiety nor a somatic symptom disorder

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