Construct validity and descriptive validity of somatoform disorders in light of proposed changes for the DSM-5

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-24

  Wollburg, Eileen ^a,d   Voigt, Katharina ^b   Braukhaus, Christoph ^a   Herzog, Annabel ^b   Löwe, Bernd ^b,c  

^a Schön Clinic Bad Bramstedt   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Descriptive validity; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Somatic symptom disorder; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84871673881     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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