The somatic symptom disorder in DSM 5 risks mislabelling people with major medical diseases as mentally ill

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 586-587

  Häuser, Winfried ^a,b   Wolfe, Frederick ^c  

^a KLINIKUM SAARBRÜCKEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-5; DSM-IV; FACE VALIDITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

HUMANS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84888439651     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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