Somatoform disorders: diagnosis and treatment.
Somatoform disorders are a group of syndromes in which patients focus on and complain of physical symptoms when there is no demonstrable underlying organic pathology or when complaints are in excess of what is expected. Medical and psychiatric physicians must seek better treatment and diagnosis.
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Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019.
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Menza
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*