Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Involve Psychological Processes That Give

question 82

Multiple Choice

Somatic symptom and related disorders involve psychological processes that give rise to apparent physical symptoms without a medical basis; psychological factors affecting medical conditions, in contrast

• A) involve psychological processes that give rise to identifiable disturbances in bodily structures and functions.
• B) involve purely emotional processes that give rise to apparent physical symptoms.
• C) are the result of physical processes that have psychological consequences.
• D) involve physical symptoms with physiological causes.
• E) involve purely cognitive processes that result in physical symptoms, without intermediary physiological processes.

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