When a client is admitted with a diagnosis of somatoform disorder, the nurse would expect to assess for:
1. Structural abnormalities
2. Problems beginning after age 30
3. Symptoms explainable as general medical disorders
4. Complaints relating to multiple organ systems
ANS: 4
DSM-IV-TR criteria note involvement of multiple organ systems such as GI, reproductive, and neurological 1. Structural abnormality is not associated with somatoform disorder. 2. Problems begin before age 30 with somatoform disorder. 3. In a somatoform disorder, symptoms are not explained by general medical disorders.
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