If the Social Worker Encounters Someone with a Pattern of Behavior

Multiple Choice

If the social worker encounters someone with a pattern of behavior that can be diagnosed as a general medical disorder but the major difference is that the individual deliberately and consciously seeks to obtain a reward or avoid some unpleasant situation, what would be the most likely diagnosis to consider?

A) Malingering disorder
B) Somatic symptom disorder
C) Conversion disorder
D) Factitious disorder imposed on another