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The relationship between gender and somatic symptom disorder generally is that:

A) more men than women are diagnosed with both the somatization pattern and predominant pain pattern forms of somatic symptom disorder.
B) more women than men are diagnosed with both the somatization pattern and predominant pain pattern forms of somatic symptom disorder.
C) more men than women are diagnosed with the somatization pattern, but more women than men are diagnosed with the predominant pain pattern form of somatic symptom disorder.
D) more women than men are diagnosed with the somatization pattern, but more men than women are diagnosed with the predominant pain pattern form of somatic symptom disorder.

Somatic Symptom Disorder

A mental disorder in which a person has physical symptoms that involve more than one part of the body, but no physical cause can be found, often associated with excessive thoughts and feelings about the symptoms.

Somatization Pattern

The manifestation of psychological distress through physical symptoms, with no underlying organic cause.

Predominant Pain Pattern

The most common or frequently experienced type of pain by an individual or within a specific patient population.

  • Understand the influence of gender on the occurrence rates of somatic symptom disorders.
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