Ted experienced tingling in his stomach after a large meal. Shortly afterward, he began to strongly believe that the tingling was evidence he had ulcers, possibly cancer. What is the most likely diagnostic category for Ted?
a) Anxiety disorders.
b) Personality disorders.
c) Somatic symptom and related disorders.
d) Dissociative disorders.
c
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a. clergy; lawyer c. physician; accountant b. kindergarten teacher; carpenter d. post-secondary teacher; psychologist
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a. be better at detecting changes in the figure of the scene. b. be better at finding alterations in the background of the scene. c. find fewer overall changes. d. find significantly more of the changes.
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a. hallucinations b. obsessions c. delusions d. compulsions
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)