Background In 2013, the diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder (SSD) was introduced into
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). This review aims to …

The serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis is based on a two-tier strategy: a screening test using
an immunoenzymatic technique (ELISA), followed if positive by a confirmatory test with a …

Background Functional somatic symptoms and disorders are common and complex
phenomena involving both bodily and brain processes. They pose major challenges across …

Prevalence of functional somatic syndromes (FSS) in the general population varies with
observed overlap between syndromes. However, studies including a range of FSS are …

Objectives Bodily distress syndrome (BDS) has been shown to encompass a range of
functional somatic syndromes (FSS) such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia …

Objective Psychological treatments for somatic symptom disorder and functional somatic
syndromes (SSD/FSS) achieve moderate effects only, potentially because of the high …

Objective Collaborative care (CC) improves depressive symptoms in people with comorbid
depressive disorder in chronic medical conditions, but its effect on physical symptoms has …

Objective Guidelines recommend psychotherapy in addition to primary care for patients with
moderate to severe somatic symptom disorders. While general practitioners' experiences …

Functional Disorders are traditionally understood as clusters of persistent somatic symptoms
that have typical clinical characteristics but currently cannot be associated to reproducibly …

Background: Persistent somatic symptoms (PSS), referred to as somatoform disorders and
lately somatic symptom disorders, are frequent but often remain under-recognized and …