A client has expressed that she has benefited from therapy sessions in which the focus was on techniques for blocking psychological conflict. The benefit derived from blocking psychological conflict from conscious awareness is called what?
A) Primary gain
B) Secondary gain
C) La belle indifference
D) Sick role reward
Ans: A
Feedback:
Symptoms associated with many of the somatoform disorders provide the client with primary gain, in that the symptoms block psychological conflict or anxiety from conscious awareness.
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