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Somatization, Hysteria, or Incompletely Explained Symptoms?
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In this month's In Review section, all the contributors-Dr François Mai (1), Dr Laurence Kirmayer and colleagues (2), and I-wrestle with the seemingly intractable and endlessly interesting topic of body-mind relations. In the first review article, Dr Mai lays out the justification for a diagnostic category of somatization disorder. He recognizes that the standard monistic approach that accepts the unity of mind and body can easily be misunderstood. In particular, while we may agree that the phenomenology of a complaint such as the experience of pain cannot be split into organic and ...
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Somatization disorder. (Tips from Other Journals)
; Patients with somatization disorder have numerous physical...management of patients with somatization disorder. Once a patient with multiple...symptoms, a diagnosis of somatization disorder may be considered. A widely...
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Labeling the Somatically Preoccupied: Have We Gone Too Far?
; ...written diagnosis of somatization disorder, or hypochondriasis...Ten years ago, somatization disorder alone was called...disability from pain disorder with back pain...patients who had somatization disorder reduced health...times to have somatization ...
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Somatization disorder in family practice. (column)
; Although often difficult to recognize, somatization disorder- the presence of multiple physical...Vigilance is necessary, because somatization disorder may mimic numerous physical and...patient rooting for the illness. Somatization disorder is characterized by multiple physical...
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Pseudoneurologic syndromes: recognition and diagnosis.
; ...disorders such as somatization disorder, conversion disorder, psychogenic pain disorder and factitious disorder...somatoform disorders (somatization disorder, conversion disorder, psychogenic pain disorder, hypochondriasis...Disorders (DSM-W).[7] Somatization ...
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Short-Term Therapy for Somatization Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
; Somatization disorder is a distressing, disabling...and thoughts associated with Somatization disorder, was developed. The present...38-year-old woman diagnosed with somatization disorder. The results show an improvement...
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The problem of somatization in family practice.
; Somatization is considered...patient with somatization disorder was nine...Disorders Somatization disorder is classified...addition to somatization disorder, the somatoform...somatoform pain disorder, body dysmorphic...which is somatization disorder As ...
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Somatoform and related disorders: delivery of diagnosis as first step. (includes patient education sheet)
; ...the 1980s found that persons with somatization disorder alone generated hospital costs...one-half of a family physician's time. Somatization disorder alone, often under the guise of...hasty diagnosis of hysteria.(8) Somatization Disorder The DSM-IV diagnostic criteria...
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Somatization Disorder: A Practical Review
; ...prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of somatization disorder (SD). Method: A comprehensive review...article. Clinical Implications * Somatization disorder (SD) is a common condition. * SD...outcome studies are rare. Key Words: somatization disorder, hysteria, Briquet 's syndrome...
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Why Does It Still Hurt, Doc?; For Some Patients Stumped by Unexplained Physical Symptoms, Answers Are Elusive. Now There's a Promising Treatment: Cognitive Therapy.
; ...patients who have what is known as somatization disorder suffer from a host of disabling...determine how many patients have somatization disorder, although the problem "probably...psychiatry's strict definition of somatization disorder, but Allen and other experts say...
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Spectrum of severity in somatization disorder. (Tips From Other Journals)(American Journal of Psychiatry, Jan, 1991, vol.148, p.34)
; ...to the diagnostic criteria for somatization disorder given in the revised third edition...studies have found that the full somatization disorder is relatively rare in patients...the DSM-III-R criteria. Whether somatization disorder should be based on a dichotomous...
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