Quiz & Worksheet - Somatoform Disorders

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Patients with somatoform disorders truly believe they're sick, while malingerers are just faking their symptoms.

Patients with somatoform disorders all suffer from autoimmune disease, while malingerers may suffer from another type of disease.

Malingers only have psychological symptoms but no physical symptoms.

Malingerers are actually sick, and patients with somatoform disorders are not.

Pain disorders are caused by the brain and do not require an underlying traumatic experience.
Pain disorders are always related to underlying viral illness.
Pain disorders are caused by the presence of chronic illness and do not require an underlying traumatic experience.
Pain disorders are always related to underlying bacterial illness.

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About This Quiz & Worksheet

This quiz/worksheet combo will test you on what somatoform disorder are and how well you can define the terminology surrounding somatoform disorders.

In these assessments, you'll be tested on:

This quiz and worksheet allow students to test the following skills:

Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the related somatoform disorders lesson
Defining key concepts - ensure that you can accurately define main phrases, such as malingering and hypochondriasis
Information recall - access the knowledge you've gained regarding the origins of pain disorders

To learn more about somatoform disorders, review the accompanying lesson. This lesson covers the following objectives: