During a client's care conference, the team is attempting to differentiate between the possible presence of a somatoform disorder and a factitious disorder. The major difference between somatoform disorders and factitious disorders is what?
A) In somatoform disorders, clients consciously seek attention.
B) In factitious disorders, clients are unaware that their symptoms are not real.
C) In somatoform disorders, clients are not consciously aware that they are meeting needs through physical complaints.
D) Factitious disorders respond much more readily to psychopharmacologic treatment than do somatoform disorders.
Ans: C
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Affected clients do not intentionally cause and have no conscious or voluntary control over their symptoms. Lack of voluntary control is in contrast to factitious disorder and malingering. In factitious disorder, clients deliberately make up or inflict symptoms.
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