Psychological Disorders Quiz

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What makes the diagnosis of psychological disorders with somatic symptoms difficult?

  • The clear distinction between real and imagined symptoms
  • The internalizing nature of the disorder and the varied forms the somatic symptoms can take (correct)
  • The lack of available treatment options for somatic symptoms
  • The external triggers causing somatic symptoms

What are the possible forms that somatic symptoms can take according to the text?

  • Faking, imagining, over exaggerating, or real triggered by external factors (correct)
  • Faking, imagining, only real triggered by external factors, or due to real medical illness
  • Imagining, over exaggerating, real triggered by external factors, or due to real medical illness
  • Only real triggered by external factors, due to real medical illness, over exaggerating, or faking

What is a common feature shared by all disorders within the chapter on Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders?

  • They all require medicinal treatment
  • They all have easily measurable symptoms
  • They all have clear external triggers
  • They all involve somatic symptoms (correct)

What is the significance of the internalizing nature of disorders with somatic symptoms?

<p>It makes diagnosis difficult as there is no real way to measure the somatic symptom (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are psychological disorders with somatic symptoms difficult to diagnose?

<p>The somatic symptoms could be real and triggered by external factors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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