As Will approaches the witness stand, he stops and clutches his throat. He has to leave the courtroom because he is unable to speak. If he has no other symptoms, his condition might be diagnosed as ____

a. dissociative fugue
b. factitious disorder
c. agoraphobia
d. functional neurological symptom disorder


D

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