Deliberately Adopting the Sick Role and Complaining of Symptoms to Achieve

question 63

Multiple Choice

Deliberately adopting the sick role and complaining of symptoms to achieve some specific objective is characteristic of

• A)la belle indifference.
• B)factitious disorders.
• C)somatic symptom disorder.
• D)malingering.
• E)illness anxiety disorder.

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