What condition is characterized by medically unexplained physical symptoms and associated health anxiety?

The choice of Somatization Disorder is accurate because it specifically refers to a condition where individuals present with multiple medically unexplained physical symptoms over an extended period. These symptoms can affect various bodily systems and often lead to significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

In addition to the physical symptoms, there is typically an underlying health anxiety associated with the symptoms. Patients with somatization disorder may frequently worry about their health and seek repeated medical evaluations or interventions, even when no physical cause can be identified.

The other conditions listed do not align as closely with this description. For instance, while Conversion Disorder involves neurological symptoms that cannot be explained by medical conditions, it does not encompass a broader range of physical symptoms nor the health anxiety component seen in Somatization Disorder. Factitious Disorder is characterized by feigning or inducing physical or psychological symptoms for various reasons, often driven by a desire for attention or sympathy, which again diverges from the criteria for Somatization Disorder.