Hypochondriasis involves: _______________?
Correct answer: D. a tendency to misinterpret minor bodily changes as being indicative of serious illness
- A. the deliberate faking of physical illness
- B. apparent physical illness caused by psychological factors
- C. not acknowledge the presence of a real mental or physical illness
- D. a tendency to misinterpret minor bodily changes as being indicative of serious illness
Explanation
Hypochondriasis, now largely classified under illness anxiety disorder or related somatic symptom conditions, involves excessive fear that minor bodily sensations indicate serious disease. It is not deliberate faking, which is malingering or factitious behavior.
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