With regard to "la belle indifference" (the observation that conversion disorder patients are not concerned about their symptoms), research suggests that
A. conversion disorder patients display uncommonly high levels of concerns about their physical loss.
B. Freud's explanation is essentially correct.
C. conversion disorder patients show no difference in the distress over symptoms than those with organic disease.
D. "la belle indifference" is an accurate description of the lack of concern about their physical loss in conversion disorder patients.
Answer: C
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