Somatoform disorders: time for a new approach in DSM-V.
OBJECTIVE: DSM-III introduced somatoform disorders as a speculative diagnostic category for somatic symptoms "not explained by a general medical condition." Although retained and enlarged in DSM-IV, somatoform disorders have been the subject of continuing criticism by both professionals a...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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