AP PSYCHOLOGY

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Psychological difficulties and complaints of physical symptoms having no biological causes are known as ____
A
manic-depressive disordder
B
panic disorder
C
somatoform disorder
D
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Somatic symptom disorder is characterized by an extreme focus on physical symptoms-such as pain or fatigue-that causes major emotional distress and problems functioning. You may or may not have another diagnosed medical condition associated with these symptoms, but your reaction to the symptoms is not normal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The somatoform disorders are a group of psychiatric disorders in which patients present with a myriad of clinically significant but unexplained physical symptoms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Conversion disorder. Pain disorder. Hypochondriasis. Other specified somatic symptom and related disorder.

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