Sharon frequently causes diarrhea in her three-year-old daughter by feeding her spoiled milk and rotten eggs. When the child is repeatedly hospitalized, Sharon acts like a very worried and caring mother. Because Sharon is not playing the sick role and receives no obvious reward for her behavior, her appropriate diagnosis is ____

a. complex somatic symptom disorder with somatization features (somatization disorder)
b. factitious disorder
c. factitious disorder imposed on another
d. malingering


c

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Occurs when reading a sentence leads a person to expect something that is not explicitly stated or necessarily implied by the sentence

a. Observer perspective b. Pragmatic inference c. Prospective memory d. Automatic narrative

Psychology

The entire set of genes inherited by an organism is called a __________

a. genotype. b. DNA-type. c. chromotype. d. phenotype.

Psychology

Which of the following best describes the typical relationship between glucose and insulin?

A. As one increases, so does the other. B. As one increases, the other decreases. C. Both are released from the kidneys. D. They are lowest right after a meal.

Psychology

The case of ______ established certain patient rights, including the right not to be required to

perform work that is for the sake of maintaining the facility. a. Addington v. Texas c. Wyatt v. Stickney b. O'Connor v. Donaldson d. Tarasoff v. Regents of UC

Psychology