Quiz or MCQ

A 32-year-old woman takes her 6-year-old son to a physician’s office. She says that the child often experiences episodes of breathing problems and abdominal pain. The child’s medical record shows many office visits and four abdominal surgical procedures, although no abnormalities were ever found. Physical examination and laboratory studies are unremarkable. When the doctor confront the mother with the suspicion that she is fabricating the illness in the child, the mother angrily grabs the child and leaves the office immediately. This is an example of
A. malingering
B. somotoform pain disorder
C. factitious disorder
D. conversion disorder
E. factitious disorder by proxy

Quiz or MCQ Anxiety Disorder

A 45-year-old woman claims that she injured her hand at work. She asserts that the pain caused by her injury prevents her from working. She has no further hand problems after she receives a $40,000 workmen’s compensation settlement. This clinical presentation is an example of
A. factitious disorder
B. factitious disorder by proxy
C. malingering
D. conversion disorder
E. masked depression

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