Hypochondriacal and psychosomatic disorders masking depression in adolescents.
This paper is an overview on 141 adolescent patients with depressions masked by hypochondriacal symptoms and psychosomatic syndromes. Psychopathologic, psychodynamic and familial factors are enumerated and compared with those seen in adults.
D000124:Achievement; D000184:Acting Out; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*