Evaluating new proposals for the psychiatric classification of patients with multiple somatic symptoms

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 760-768

  Rief, Winfried ^a   Mewes, Ricarda ^a   Martin, Alexandra ^b   Glaesmer, Heide ^c   Brähler, Elmar ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

classification; somatic symptoms; somatization; somatoform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS V; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SOMATIC SYMPTOM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDITY;

EID: 80855143658     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318234eff6     Document Type: Article

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