41. Bmj.com Collected Resources : Somatoform Disorders somatoform disorders. Citations 110 of 13 total displayed. Most recent content (17 Apr 2004) Clinical review Treatment of anxiety http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/collection/somatoform_disorders

Home Help Search/Archive Feedback Collected Resources Somatoform disorders Citations 1-10 of 13 total displayed. Most recent content (17 Apr 2004): Clinical review Treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in patients with cardiovascular disease Simon J C Davies, Peter R Jackson, John Potokar, and David J Nutt BMJ 2004;328:939-943 , doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7445.939 [Full text] [PDF] Past content (since Mar 2001): Papers Security duties in Northern Ireland and the mental health of soldiers: prospective study Geoff Lawrenson and Jane Ogden BMJ 2003;327:1382 , doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7428.1382 [Full text] [PDF] Primary care Systematic review of mental health interventions for patients with common somatic symptoms: can research evidence from secondary care be extrapolated to primary care? Rosalind Raine, Andy Haines, Tom Sensky, Andrew Hutchings, Kirsten Larkin, and Nick Black BMJ 2002;325:1082 , doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7372.1082 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] ... [PDF] Clinical review Headache Commentary: Headache in South America T J Steiner, Manuela Fontebasso, and Oscar H Del Brutto

42. Somatoform Disorders somatoform disorders. Definition Some may even meet the criteria for a delusional disorder of the somatic type. somatoform disorders in children and adolescents http://www.chclibrary.org/micromed/00065690.html

Main Search Index Definition Description Causes ... Resources Somatoform disorders Definition The somatoform disorders are a group of mental disturbances placed in a common category in the fourth (1980) edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) on the basis of their external symptoms. These disorders are characterized by physical complaints that appear to be medical in origin but that cannot be explained in terms of a physical disease, the results of substance abuse, or by another mental disorder. In order to meet DSM-IV 's criteria for a somatoform disorder, the physical symptoms must be serious enough to interfere with the patient's employment or relationships, and must be symptoms that are not under the patient's voluntary control. It is helpful to understand that the present classification of these disorders reflects recent historical changes in the practice of medicine and psychiatry. When psychiatry first became a separate branch of medicine at the end of the nineteenth century, the term hysteria was commonly used to describe mental disorders characterized by altered states of consciousness (for example, sleepwalking or trance states) or physical symptoms (for example, a "paralyzed" arm or leg with no neurologic cause) that could not be fully explained by a medical disease. The term

43. LookSmart - Directory - Somatoform Disorders somatoform disorders Research these conditions whose main feature are clinical symptoms not explainable by a medical condition. http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317837/us317920/us53955/us10220156/us

@import url(/css/us/style.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); Home IN the directory this category YOU ARE HERE Home Personal Health Mental Health Somatoform Disorders - Research these conditions whose main feature are clinical symptoms not explainable by a medical condition. Directory Categories General Somatoform Body Dysmorphic Hypochondria Directory Listings About allRefer Health - Somatoform Pain Disorder Information Explains what comprises body dysmorphic disorder, and reveals its signs, symptoms, causes, prognosis, complications, risks, diagnosis, and treatment. American Family Physician - Body Dysmorphic Disorder Reports on treatment of patients with body dysmorphic disorder, a preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in one's physical appearance. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine - Somatoform Disorders Describes the various types of these disorders characterized by physical complaints that cannot be explained medically. UMHS - Hypochondria View the University of Michigan Health System's definition of hypochondria. Includes links to related sites. We're always looking for ways to improve your search experience.

44. HON Mother & Child Glossary, Childhood Mental Health: Somatoform Disorders .......HON Mother Child Glossary, Childhood Mental Health somatoform disorders. Childhood Mental Health somatoform disorders. http://www.hon.ch/Dossier/MotherChild/child_mentalhealth/mentalhealth_somatoform

Introduction Reproduction Pregnancy During Pregnancy ... Glossary A-Z Childhood Illness Bacteria Virus Cancer Gastrointestinal ... Mental Health Childhood Mental Health: Somatoform Disorders Description The somatoform disorders are a group of mental disturbances placed in a common category in DSM-IV on the basis of their external symptoms. The terms hypochondriasis and hysteria were traditionally designated to these disorders and are still widely used. Somatoform disorders in the DSM-IV are described as follows: The somatoform disorders are distinguished by physical symptoms suggesting a medical condition, yet the symptoms are not fully explained by the medical condition, by substance use, or by another mental disorder. The symptoms are severe enough to cause patients significant distress or impaired social, occupational, or other functioning. The physical symptoms of somatoform disorders are not intentionally produced as are those of factitious disorders and malingering, but no medical condition can fully explain the somatic symptoms. The DSM-IV describes 5 subtypes: conversion disorder somatization disorder psychogenic pain disorder hypochondriasis and Body dysmorphic disorder Symptoms, Signs and Treatment of each Subtype

45. Superego Cafe - Neurotic, Stress-Related And Somatoform Disorders Library Neurotic, StressRelated and somatoform disorders. Abbreviation. Journal. Subscription needed? http://www.superego-cafe.com/psychiatry-mrcpsych/library/neurotic/

Library Neurotic, Stress-Related and Somatoform Disorders Abbreviation Journal Subscription needed? BMJ British Medical Journal No BJPsych PsychBull APT British Journal of Psychiatry ... Advances in Psychiatric Treatment Only for articles published in the last year May 2004 Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise general practitioners for somatic treatment? BMJ Newer hypnotics no better for insomnia than short acting benzodiazepines BMJ April 2004 Treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in patients with cardiovascular disease BMJ March 2004 Cognitive behaviour therapy can reduce hypochondriasis BMJ February 2004 Patient education to encourage graded exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome BJPsych Gulf war syndrome case collapses BMJ Chronic fatigue syndrome BMJ January 2004 Towards integrated health care: a model for assault victims BJPsych November 2003 POEM: Only a third of people with chronic fatigue have chronic fatigue syndrome BMJ September 2003 Social anxiety disorder BMJ July 2003 Treatment of social phobia APT Separation of anxiety and depressive disorders : blind alley in psychopharmacology and classification of disease BMJ May 2003 A quarter of patients with neurotic disorders BMJ March 2003 Cross-cultural differences in the epidemiology of unexplained fatigue syndromes in primary care BJPsych Managing patients with inexplicable health problems BMJ Treating generalised anxiety disorder BMJ February 2003 Seasonal affective disorder BJPsych November 2002 Surviving disaster: what comes after the trauma?

46. Somatoform Disorders Complete DSMIV Diagnostic Criteria. somatoform disorders. Contents of this page frequency. Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder. http://mysite.verizon.net/res7oqx1/id12.html

Home First Interview DSM-IV Made Easy Medical Disorders ... Straight Talk Complete DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria Somatoform Disorders Contents of this page: Conversion Disorder Somatization Disorder Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder Hypochondriasis ... Depersonalization Disorder Return to Home Page Conversion Disorder At least one symptom or deficit of sensory or voluntary motor function suggests a neurological or general medical condition. It is not limited to pain or sexual dysfunction. Appropriate investigation does not identify a neurological or general medical condition or the direct effects of substance use that can fully explain it. Conflicts or other stressors that precede the onset or worsening of this symptom suggest that psychological factors are related to it. The patient doesn't consciously feign the symptoms for material gain (Malingering) or to occupy the sick role (Factitious Disorder). It is not a culturally sanctioned behavior or experience. It is serious enough to produce at least 1 of: -warrants medical evaluation, or

47. DSB Report: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS AND SOMATOFORM DISORDERS IX. POST TRAUMATIC STRESS AND somatoform disorders. A. Psychiatric Morbidity. Psychiatric morbidity due to service during the Gulf http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/dsbrpt/ptsd.html

IX. POST TRAUMATIC STRESS AND SOMATOFORM DISORDERS A. Psychiatric Morbidity Psychiatric morbidity due to service during the Gulf War was predicted to be low for several reasons: the short duration of the conflict, the relatively low casualties sustained by American forces, and the positive support for the war at home. Examination of records of evacuation during the conflict is one approach to examining the extent of psychiatric morbidity: the Army rate of evacuation for psychiatric reasons translated to only 2.7 per 1,000 evacuations per year.[ ] This very low rate of psychiatric evacuations is in contrast to prior wars in which evacuations for psychiatric disorders in comparison to total evacuations were: 23% in World War II, 10% for Korea, and 7% from Vietnam[ ]. Of the roughly 250 Army personnel evacuated from the Gulf for psychiatric reasons, approximately fifty (20%) were later determined to be disabled for further military service; levels of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD2) were found to be very low, with only four of these 50 carrying a diagnosis of PTSD [ ]. Another approach to assessing psychiatric morbidity possibly relating to service in the Gulf is to examine the numbers of service members referred for disability determination due to psychiatric disorders. As of March 1994, approximately 294 soldiers with psychiatric-related diagnoses were referred for disability determinations. Of these, 112 carried the diagnosis of PTSD.[

48. Healthinmind/MentalDisorders/SomatoformDisorders Emergencies, Healthinmind/Mental Health Disorders somatoform disorders. There are several types of somatoform disorders with somewhat different symptoms. http://healthinmind.com/english/somatoform.htm

Healthinmind Mental Health Disorders Somatoform Disorders click here Body Dysmorphic Disorder Conversion Disorder Hypochondriasis ... PsychNet also discusses these disorders. Last updated

49. Genesis Health System - Detailed Disease Info - Somatoform Disorders somatoform disorders. Definition. Some may even meet the criteria for a delusional disorder of the somatic type. somatoform disorders in children and adolescents. http://www.genesishealth.com/micromedex/detaileddisease/00065690.aspx

Facility Information DeWitt Comm Hosp Genesis Medical Ctr Illini Hospital Genesis Health Grp VNA Somatoform disorders Definition The somatoform disorders are a group of mental disturbances placed in a common category in the fourth (1980) edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) on the basis of their external symptoms. These disorders are characterized by physical complaints that appear to be medical in origin but that cannot be explained in terms of a physical disease, the results of substance abuse, or by another mental disorder. In order to meet DSM-IV 's criteria for a somatoform disorder, the physical symptoms must be serious enough to interfere with the patient's employment or relationships, and must be symptoms that are not under the patient's voluntary control. It is helpful to understand that the present classification of these disorders reflects recent historical changes in the practice of medicine and psychiatry. When psychiatry first became a separate branch of medicine at the end of the nineteenth century, the term hysteria was commonly used to describe mental disorders characterized by altered states of consciousness (for example, sleepwalking or trance states) or physical symptoms (for example, a "paralyzed" arm or leg with no neurologic cause) that could not be fully explained by a medical disease. The term

50. Title Details - Cambridge University Press Entrez PubMed uncommon behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents who have been severely maltreated somatization and other somatoform disorders. http://titles.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521811082

51. Entrez PubMed somatoform disorders differentiation of conversion, hypochondriacal, psychophysiologic, and related disorders. Brink TL, Yesavage JA. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra

52. AAPEL - BPD And Somatoform Disorder Connection between borderline personality and somatoform disorders, physical complains. Which treatments for somatoform disorders and such illnesses ? http://www.aapel.org/bdp/BLsomaticUS.html

window.name='site'; BPD and somatoform disorder, somatic complains, hypocondriasis, medically unexplained symptoms Munchausen... Introduction: Connection between borderline personality and somatoform disorders, physical complains . A lot of BPD people seems to have "unexplained" physical problems. There is a lot of studies about this, but once again the goal is not to stigmatize or say to a patient "wake up !" but to see such troubles as warning signs. Y ou will find on the last part of this document our vision which we hope comprehensive and listening to the suffering Definitions Data , studies What they say Aapel view Definitions The DSM IV describes 5 subtypes of somatoform disorders: Body Dysmorphic Disorder : Preoccupation with an imagined defect in appearance Conversion Disorder (hysterical neurosis. Was traditionally labelled " hysteria : Loss of or alteration in physical functioning. Hypochondriasis (hypochondriacal neurosis) Pain Disorder : Persistent complaint of pain in the absence of organic disease and with evidence of a psychological cause Somatization Disorder (This disorder was previously designated Briquet's syndrome) And Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder * Zimmerman M, Mattia JI. - Dept. of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine

53. Somatoform Disorders In The Pediatric Population – Contact us. somatoform disorders in the pediatric population. D. RICHARD MARTINI, MD. – Spring 1997. somatoform disorders appear to cluster in families. http://www.childsdoc.org/spring97/martini/somatoformdis.asp

Home Features Index Features Departments Information ... D. Richard Martini, MD Co-Director, Medical Psychology/Psychiatry and Clinical Director, Intake and Mobile Services Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Children's Memorial Hospital Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics Northwestern University Medical School Contact us Somatoform disorders in the pediatric population D. RICHARD MARTINI, MD SOMATOFORM DISORDERS TABLE 1 Characteristics of psychogenic disordeers Rapid onset Family history Discrepancy between physical findings and patient’s complaint Conscious or unconscious motivation Coexistence of physical disease and somatoform disorder Accompanying signs of distress are usually the hallmarks of organic disease. Children and adolescents with physical illness have a progressive course, with deteriorating school performance, visual loss, fatigue, posture abnormalities, and a variety of symptoms that suggest a medical disorder. Psychogenic disorders, on the other hand, usually have a rapid onset, with a family history of similar presentations, a clear discrepancy between the physical findings and the patient's complaint, and some conscious or unconscious motivation for the maintenance of these symptoms (see Table 1 ). Patients have an inappropriate level of disability and distress and increased utilization of health care services.

54. PRODIGY PILS L566; (Version=23) Somatization and somatoform disorders. Somatization is where mental factors such as stress cause physical symptoms. somatoform disorders. http://www.prodigy.nhs.uk/clinicalguidance/releasedguidance/webBrowser/pils/PL56

Somatization and Somatoform Disorders Somatization is where mental factors such as stress cause physical symptoms. Somatoform disorders are a severe form of somatization where physical symptoms can cause great distress, often long-term. However, people with somatoform disorders are usually convinced that their symptoms have a physical cause. Somatization What is somatization? When physical symptoms are caused by mental or emotional stress it is called 'somatization'. For example, many people have occasional headaches caused by mental stress. But, stress and other mental health problems can cause many other physical symptoms such as: chest pains, tiredness, dizziness, back pain, feeling sick, diarrhoea, period problems, etc. The term 'psychosomatic' means something similar to somatization, but includes other things. See separate leaflet called 'Psychosomatic Disorders'. How can the mind cause physical symptoms The relationship between the mind and body is complex and not fully understood. When we 'somatize', somehow the mental or emotional problem is expressed partly, or mainly, as one or more physical symptoms. However, the symptoms are real and are not imagined. You feel the pain, have the diarrhoea, etc. How common is somatization?

55. Somatoform Disorders somatoform disorders. DESCRIPTION A group of disorders in which there are physical symptoms for which no physical cause can be found. http://www.5mcc.com/Assets/SUMMARY/TP1042.html

Somatoform disorders DESCRIPTION: A group of disorders in which there are physical symptoms for which no physical cause can be found. Included in this group are somatization disorder, conversion disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder. Hypochondriasis and chronic pain disorder (somatoform pain disorder) are also classified as somatoform disorders, but are covered in separate topics. Somatization disorder: multiple physical symptoms that recur over a period of several years with no medical basis. The patient has usually consulted numerous doctors for treatment and medications. This disorder was previous called hysteria. The symptoms often involve neurological problems (double vision), gynecological problems (painful menstruation) or gastrointestinal problems (abdominal pain). Conversion disorder: loss or change of a physical function (paralysis of an arm, blindness, seizures). The symptom is not intentionally produced or faked. Body dysmorphic disorder: preoccupation with an imagined defect in a normal-appearing person. The defect may be very minor, but the concern is blown out of proportion. The focus is often on skin wrinkles and blemishes, facial hair, shape of the nose, mouth or jaw. CAUSES: Exact cause is unknown ICD-9-CM: 306.9 unspecified psychophysiological malfunction

56. Biofeedback In Somatoform Disorders And Related Syndromes From Current Opinion in Psychiatry. Biofeedback in somatoform disorders and Related Syndromes. Posted 04/15/2004. Alexandra Nanke; Winfried Rief. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470033

57. Biofeedback In Somatoform Disorders And Related Syndromes Biofeedback in somatoform disorders and Related Syndromes. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470033_7

58. Psychoconsult.co.uk - Neurosis (Somatoform Disorders) General NEUROSIS ( Minor Emotional Disorders Anxiety - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - somatoform disorders - Dissociative Disorders - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder http://www.psychoconsult.co.uk/doctorssite/diseaseareasdoctors/neurosis/somatofo

59. Somatoform Disorders Resources At Questia - The Online Library Of somatoform disorders Resources at Questia The Online Library of Books and Journals. somatoform disorders. Questia. Primary Content. somatoform disorders. http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/somatoform_disorders.jsp

60. AboutOurKids.org | Articles somatoform disorders is the relatively new term used to describe a group of involuntary disorders characterized by recurrent and clinically significant http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/disorders/psychosomatic.html

Board of Directors Director's Corner Education Advisory Council Virtual Trophy Case ... Frequently Asked Questions E-Mail to a Friend Printer Friendly Disorder Guide Psychosomatic Illness (Somatoform Disorder) Description Sometimes a child or adolescent continually complains of a discomfort or a pain for which a physician cannot find a cause. The pain or the discomfort, however, is very real to the youngster. The child or adolescent may be suffering from a psychosomatic illness - (Somatoform Disorder) - and may be expressing emotional conflicts through physical complaints. Somatoform Disorders is the relatively new term used to describe a group of involuntary disorders characterized by recurrent and clinically significant physical symptoms that cannot be fully explained by a neurological or generalized medical ("organic") condition. The actual diagnosis in children is rare because the criteria for Somatoform Disorders were established for adults and certain symptoms are not yet experienced by children. Somatoform Disorder must be distinguished from two other diagnoses: Malingering and Factitious Disorders, both characterized by consciously or purposely produced symptoms. Somatoform Disorders diagnosed in children include Conversion Disorder Somatization Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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