Towards positive diagnostic criteria: A systematic review of somatoform disorder diagnoses and suggestions for future classification

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 403-414

  Voigt, Katharina ^a   Nagel, Annabel ^a   Meyer, Björn ^a   Langs, Gernot ^b   Braukhaus, Christoph ^b   Löwe, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Clinical Centre Bad Bramstedt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, International Classification of Diseases; Somatoform disorders; Validation studies as topic

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953172859     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.01.015     Document Type: Review

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