title: Primary care of the somatizing patient: a collaborative model.
abstract: Somatizing patients can be frustrating to treat, and their lengthy diagnostic workups represent a huge drain on health care resources. Cure of somatoform disorders is elusive; however, cost-effective, compassionate management is possible through collaboration between primary care physicians and psychiatrists or behavioral health care groups.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Mass., USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lipsitt
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy