Which of the following individuals has a somatization disorder?
A) Agathe, who has three different personalities
B) Tamás, who has no memory of who he is
C) Miska, who has an extreme and callous disregard for the feelings and rights of others
D) Umut, who is blind although the doctors say that his visual system is fully functional

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Umut's condition of being blind even though his visual system is fully functional is medically unexplained and falls under somatic symptom disorder (previously called somatization disorder). A, B, and C describe symptoms of dissociative identity disorder, dissociative amnesia, and antisocial personality disorder, respectively, which are not related to somatization disorder.

Which of the Following Individuals Has a Somatization Disorder