Anesthesia and aphonia are examples of __________ disorder.
A)illness anxiety
B)conversion
C)factitious
D)somatic symptom

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Anesthesia and aphonia are both examples of conversion disorder, which is characterized by physical symptoms that have no medical explanation and are believed to be caused by psychological distress or conflict. Conversion disorder is a type of somatic symptom disorder. Illness anxiety disorder involves preoccupation with having or developing a serious illness, factitious disorder involves intentional production or falsification of symptoms, neither of which are applicable to these specific symptoms.

Anesthesia and Aphonia Are Examples of __________ Disorder