Rick walks into the emergency room and asks to see a doctor. He explains that he has a fever, but he does not report that he gave himself an injection of dirty water that is probably responsible for his fever. Without this information, the medical staff
cannot determine the cause of Rick's fever, so they admit him for observation. Rick is delighted because he enjoys the "sick role." After numerous tests are run, the staff is still puzzled, so they call for a psychiatric consult. The psychiatrist should consider the diagnosis of __________ disorder.
a. factitious
b. somatic symptom
c. bipolar mood
d. psychosomatic.
Answer: a.
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A. the client's constant talking would be relaxing and reduce anxiety B. the associations would give clues to the unconscious cause of the problem C. the associations could be used to change negative self-beliefs D. the associations would ultimately lead to self-denial
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a. ?experimental research b. ?training-level criteria c. ?trainee learning criteria d. ?performance-level criteria
Prevalence is to ____ as incidence is to ____
a. uncovered; hidden b. many; few c. rare; common d. total number; new cases
The third prenatal stage is:
a. germinal. c. fetal. b. embryonic. d. zygotic.