Assignment task:
Teen Girls' Medical Mystery!
Do you think the girls are "faking it" or do you think the disorder is real? Based on what you've read in this chapter, what do you think might be going on with these girls? Please make sure to use terms from the chapter. "What disorder from this chapter do you think best fits the symptoms? If you believe the girls "faked" the symptoms, what term/diagnosis did the chapter use to describe faking or lying about symptoms? Whatever you decide, make sure you justify your response with material from both the article and the chapter.
Chapter 6 Reading: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Chapter 6 Reading: Dissociative Disorders