Even though she is very healthy, Renee is overconcerned with her health.She is preoccupied with developing cancer, so she spends a lot of time reading about cancer, checking her moles, and going for cancer screenings more often than necessary.Renee is most likely suffering from a

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Renee's preoccupation and excessive worry about developing cancer, as well as her behavior of continually checking for signs of cancer and going for screenings more often than necessary, suggest somatic symptom disorder. This disorder involves excessive focus on physical symptoms or health concerns, leading to distress and impairment in daily functioning. The other options (conversion disorder, dissociative fugue, and psychosomatic illness) do not accurately describe Renee's symptoms.

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