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QUESTION 18 Which of the following statements is TRUE about factitious disorders

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QUESTION 18 Which of the following statements is TRUE about factitious disorders? O the symptoms are under involuntary control O there is no obvious reason for voluntarily producing symptoms O the symptoms lead to a splintering off of one's identity into several subpersonalties O fortunately, the disorder does not seem to extend to other members of the family QUESTION 19 Munchausen Syndrom by Proxy is O rare and considered abuse O common, particulary with mothers and babies O usually consistent with symptoms of OCtD O most ikely to co occur when the perpetrator has Factious Disorder themselves Cltick Save and Submit to save and submit. Clhek Save All Answers to save all answers TOSHIBA 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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ANSWER 18 - OPTION 4: Fortunately the disorder does not seem to extend to other family members

Reason - This is because these facilitious disorders are psychological state of mind in which the person deliberately causes the symptoms to attract sympathy of others.

ANSWER 19 - OPTION 2 : Common particularly with mothers and babies

Reason - This is because MSP is a psychologically attention seeking behaviour in which the mother exagerates the sympoms of the baby to get attention.