[Classification and epidemiology of psychosomatic disorders in children and adolescents].
In the introduction classification of socalled "psychosomatic" disorders in ICD-9 and DSM-III are critically reviewed and supplemented by the author's proposal. Furthermore, main findings coming from international epidemiological research on diseases usually involving tissue damage (bronchial asthma, peptic ulcer, neurodermatitis) and the eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, obesity) are reported. Findly, some conclusions with regard to treatment of the afflicted clientele and research are drawn.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*
Zur Klassifikation und Epidemiologie "psychosomatischer" Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter.