The nurse would teach the adolescent with a conversion disorder what the person "gets" from having the disorder. This explanation would include a discussion of:
1. Preoccupation with the belief that the person has a serious disease without physical evidence.
2. Primary and secondary gains.
3. An overreaction by caregivers to the client's somatic complaints.
4. A pain cure.
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Rationale: Primary and secondary gains are the two mechanisms thought to explain what a person "gets" from a conversion disorder. An overreaction by caregivers to the client's somatic complaints addresses somatization disorder. A pain cure would be discussed with a pain-disordered person. Hypochondriasis is a person's preoccupation with the belief that the person has a serious disease without physical evidence.
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