Soon After Anne Has Her First Child, She Returns to Work

Soon after Anne has her first child, she returns to work. Her mother objects, saying that putting a child in a day-care center is immoral. After two weeks at work, Anne develops tingling and numbness in her hands that, within days, progress to total anesthesia in both hands from the wrists down. Anne's physician cannot find a physical cause for her problem. He suggests that she is suffering from ________.

A) body dysmorphic disorder
B) conversion disorder
C) hypochondriasis
D) somatization disorder

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