Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing by Videbeck

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➤ FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS


Identify the type of somatoform disorder that is described by each of the
following statements.


Preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated body defect

Multiple physical symptoms including pain and gastro-
intestinal, sexual, and pseudoneurologic symptoms

Sudden, unexplained deficits in sensory or motor function

Pain that is unrelieved by analgesics and greatly affected
by psychological factors

Preoccupation with the fear of having or acquiring a serious
illness

➤ SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS


Define each of the following and provide an example.


Primary gain


Secondary gain


La belle indifference.

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