Question

choose the answer.
herbie has been to six doctors and six doctors have told him that he
does not have colon cancer. herbie is sure that he does have it and he
does not believe the doctors. he has told the doctors that they are not
ordering the correct diagnostic tests for him. herbie is showing signs of
which disorder?

○ conversion

○ panic attack

○ hypochondrias

○ schizophrenia

Explanation:

Hypochondrias (hypochondriasis) involves excessive worry about having a serious illness despite medical reassurance, which matches Herbie’s persistent belief he has colon cancer even after six doctors’ negations and his distrust of their diagnostic tests. Conversion disorder involves physical symptoms without medical cause, panic attacks are acute anxiety episodes, and schizophrenia involves psychosis (e.g., hallucinations/delusions unrelated to illness worry), none of which fit here.

Answer:

hypochondrias