Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 5 Problem 8TY

Somatic syndrome disorder is defined as an excessive focus on physical problems like the pain to the extent that it leads to psychological stress.

In this disorder the individual seek different doctors for the same problem or visit a doctor frequently. There is an excessive worry regarding the medical report even though there is no such support in them. So it cannot be explained by the medical or psychological disorder.

Factious disorder is one such disorder in which a person acts as if there is a serious health issue or injury even though they actually do not possess. These people will create fake symptoms, hurt themselves or even create fake reports to prove that there is a problem in them.

Hence the option b is not correct.

Illness anxiety disorder as the name indicates it is the excessive worry about the health and easily become alarmed about the possibility of having an illness. They cannot tolerate or reassured if they are well and always elicit negative reactions from the physicians.

Hence the option d is not correct.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the name indicates it the disorder that is developed after a serious traumatic stress or experiencing an event that involves threatened death, murder or witnessing a violent situations like military combat.

Hence the option a is not correct.

Anxiety disorder as the name indicates it is the extreme feeling of fear and anxious for even a small issue. Thus it is combination of mental illness and distress that makes one carry on normally in their lives. There are different types of anxiety like panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, agoraphobia etc.

So it is difficult to distinguish somatic symptom disorder and anxiety disorders.

Hence the correct option is .