A nurse is working with a client diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder.What predominant symptoms should a nurse expect to assess?

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The primary focus in somatic symptom disorder is on physical symptoms that suggest medical disease but which have no basis in organic pathology.Although the symptoms are associated with psychosocial distress,the individual focuses on the seriousness of the physical symptoms rather than the underlying psychosocial issues.

A Nurse Is Working with a Client Diagnosed with Somatic