For years Mark's mother gave him fake vitamins that, in fact, were poisons that made him quite ill. Eventually Mark's dad realized that his wife was trying to gain sympathy and experience a sense of control made possible by having a continually sick child, a disorder popularly referred to as __________.

A. Münchausen syndrome by proxy
B. conversion disorder imposed on another
C. hypochondriasis in a family member
D. dissociative disorder


Answer: A

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