Question

Disorders in which a person’s symptoms take the form of physical ailments but are not fully explained by a medical condition are known as __________ disorders.

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A somatic symptom disorder, formerly known as a somatoform disorder, is any mental disorder that manifests as physical symptoms that suggest illness or injury, but cannot be explained fully by a general medical condition or by the direct effect of a substance, and are not attributable to another mental disorder