Historically, many patients with mental health concerns including hysteria and dissociation received significant attention for their maladies. Rather than curing patients, this attention had the ironic effect of worsening their symptoms

This is an example of ______.

a. iatrogenesis
b. conversion
c. symbiosis
d. dysmorphia


Answer: a.

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