Sara notices a lump on her side.She goes to her physician because she is worried that it is cancer.The physician sends her for a biopsy.During the three weeks between first noticing the lump and getting her results that it is not cancer,Sara was almost unable to function.She felt constant anxiety and thought constantly about having cancer.After she found out that she did not have cancer,Sara felt much better.Sara
A) has hypochondriasis.
B) has conversion disorder.
C) has somatization disorder.
D) has no mental disorder.
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Q1: 1-15.Somatization disorder,as defined in DSM-IV,
A)has been subsumed
Q2: Evan is terrified because he is convinced
Q3: 1-11.Dysfunctional assumptions about symptoms and diseases are
Q4: Consciously faking symptoms is characteristic of
A)malingering.
B)hypochondriasis.
C)somatization disorder.
D)somatic
Q5: If Ronald is typical of people with
Q7: John and Ira eat dinner together after
Q8: 1-13.Response prevention has been used in the
Q9: 1-14.Catastrophizing about minor bodily sensations is characteristic
Q10: 1-17.Somatization disorder and hypochondriasis differ because
A)in somatization
Q11: 1-18.Dan's various medical complaints and hospital stays
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