Somatoform disorders: Time for a new approach in DSM-V

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 847-855

  Mayou, Richard ^b   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^b   Simon, Greg ^b   Kroenke, Kurt ^b   Sharpe, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CONVERSION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; NEURASTHENIA; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 18744377239     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.5.847     Document Type: Review

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