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Which term refers to an excessive or maladaptive response to physical symptoms or health concerns?
Which term refers to an excessive or maladaptive response to physical symptoms or health concerns?
- Physical disorders
- Dissociative disorders
- Somatic symptom disorders (correct)
- Hysterical neurosis
What does the term 'soma' mean in the context of somatic symptom disorders?
What does the term 'soma' mean in the context of somatic symptom disorders?
- Identity
- Memory
- Detachment
- Body (correct)
What do dissociative disorders involve?
What do dissociative disorders involve?
- Detachment of oneself and experiences of unreality (correct)
- Excessive response to physical symptoms
- Memory loss and inability to function
- Preoccupation with health or appearance
What is the historical categorization of somatic symptom and dissociative disorders?
What is the historical categorization of somatic symptom and dissociative disorders?
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What do somatic symptom and dissociative disorders share?
What do somatic symptom and dissociative disorders share?
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Which term was previously used to describe patients with seemingly endless lists of somatic complaints, but is now considered Somatic Symptom Disorder?
Which term was previously used to describe patients with seemingly endless lists of somatic complaints, but is now considered Somatic Symptom Disorder?
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Who described patients with seemingly endless lists of somatic complaints in 1859?
Who described patients with seemingly endless lists of somatic complaints in 1859?
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What is the term used to describe patients who come back with the same or new somatic complaints despite negative findings?
What is the term used to describe patients who come back with the same or new somatic complaints despite negative findings?
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