People with which disorder typically interpret normal bodily sensations as proof that they have a terrible disease,
express their anxieties through various bodily complaints, and/or experience disabling pain that has no identifiable physical basis?
a. somatic symptom disorder
b. psychosomatic disorder
c. adjustment disorder
d. dissociative disorder
ANSWER: a
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