During a prenatal exam, a patient describes several psychosomatic symptoms and has several vague complaints. What could these behaviors indicate?
1. Abuse
2. Mental illness
3. Depression
4. Nothing, they are normal.
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Rationale 1: Chronic psychosomatic symptoms and vague complaints can be indicators of abuse.
Rationale 2: Chronic psychosomatic symptoms and vague complaints are not indicators of mental illness.
Rationale 3: Chronic psychosomatic symptoms and vague complaints are not indicators of depression.
Rationale 4: These signs should not be discounted as normal.
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