Which of the following is true about clients with illness anxiety disorder?

Choice A reason: Clients with illness anxiety disorder do show distress, but the distress is related to fear of disease rather than the physical symptoms themselves. Choice B reason: Not all of the statements are true. For example, clients do not fabricate symptoms for attention; their fears are genuine. Choice C reason: Exaggeration or fabrication is more consistent with factitious disorder or malingering, not illness anxiety disorder. Choice D reason: Interpreting normal body sensations as signs of disease is the hallmark of illness anxiety disorder. Clients misinterpret benign sensations such as palpitations or headaches as evidence of serious illness.