A 37-year-old man has been diagnosed with a mental disorder. On further diagnostic testing, the man's symptoms have been attributed to a new onset of a medical condition. This classification represents what?
A) Underlying psychiatric problems that result in a medical condition
B) Underlying medical conditions that directly cause psychiatric symptoms
C) Psychological conditions that result in physical illnesses
D) The differentiation between psychiatric illness and physical illness
Ans: B
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According to the DSM-IV-TR, this classification represents underlying medical conditions that directly cause psychiatric symptoms. Such disorders sometimes are called medical mimics of mental disorders.
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