title: Prevalence of somatoform disorders in a large sample of patients with anxiety disorders.
abstract: The authors investigated the prevalence and characteristics of somatoform (SOM) disorders among 654 subjects with anxiety disorders who were part of the larger Harvard/Brown Anxiety Disorders Research Project. Thirty-six (5.5%) of the subjects had past or current SOM disorders. The subjects with SOM disorders were significantly more likely to have histories of posttraumatic stress disorder (22% vs. 8%, P = 0.01). The subjects with generalized anxiety disorder had significantly higher rates of SOM disorder (9.2% vs. 4.0%, P = 0.01). These results add support to the observation that SOM disorders are frequently comorbid with anxiety and depressive disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Weinshenker
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Warshaw
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Goisman
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Villa
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Fierman
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D015995:Prevalence; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology