The difference between a somatic symptom disorder and a medical disorder is that ____
a. ?the person with the somatoform disorder is consciously faking it
b. ?symptoms of the somatoform disorder have no underlying medical cause
c. ?the medical disorder can be cured
d. ?medication can be used to cure somatoform disorders
ANSWER:
b
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