The epidemiology of physical symptoms has been reviewed recently [1, 2]. Symptoms
account for more than half of all outpatient encounters or, in the United States alone, nearly …

Several classification issues regarding somatoform disorders are being debated as the
process for revising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition …

As the DSM–V process unfolds, Somatoform Disorders are a diagnostic category for which
major revisions seem warranted. The Conceptual Issues in Somatoform and Similar …

OBJECTIVE: To propose a simpler, more empiric, and patient-centered category for
classifying physical symptoms that are “etiologically neutral,” that is, not reliant on the …

OBJECTIVES: The classification of somatoform disorders is currently being revised in order
to improve its validity for the DSM-V and ICD-11. In this article, we compare the validity and …

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
changed the term “somatoform disorders” to “somatic symptom and related disorders” and …

Clusters of medically unexplained physical symptoms have been referred to in the literature
by many different labels, including somatization, symptom-based conditions, and functional …

With the release of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed., the
diagnostic category previously known as somatoform disorders is now called somatic …

The conceptualization of somatization and what were previously termed somatoform
disorders has changed substantially in the DSM-5 compared with previous diagnostic …

Current DSM-IV somatoform diagnoses may inadequately capture many somatizing patients
in primary care. By using data from two studies (1,000 and 258 patients, respectively), the …