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A 45-year-old man presents seeking a prescription for oral antifungal treatment for self-diagnosed systemic candidiasis. He says that he has recently visited a naturopath who told him that he has had multiple food allergies and yeast sensitivity ever since he was given penicillin injections for tonsillitis as a child, by his then general practitioner. He becomes quite insistent and adamant that he must have treatment without delay and becomes angry when you are reluctant to write out a prescription without further investigations. His somatic beliefs about systemic candidiasis are an example of which one of the following?
(A) An overvalued idea
(B) An induced somatic delusion
(C) Factitious disorder
(D) Body dysmorphism
(E) Perceptual disturbance
A 45-year-old man presents seeking a prescription for oral antifungal treatment for self-diagnosed systemic candidiasis. He says that he has recently visited a naturopath who told him that he has had multiple food allergies and yeast sensitivity ever since he was given penicillin injections for tonsillitis as a child, by his then general practitioner. He becomes quite insistent and adamant that he must have treatment without delay and becomes angry when you are reluctant to write out a prescription without further investigations. His somatic beliefs about systemic candidiasis are an example of which one of the following?
(A) An overvalued idea
(B) An induced somatic delusion
(C) Factitious disorder
(D) Body dysmorphism
(E) Perceptual disturbance
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