title: [In the grey area body body, psyche and social difficulties. I: New developments in diagnosis and therapy of somatoform disorders (exemplified by chronic pain patients)].
abstract: The so-called psychosomatic or functional conditions (notably somatoform pain disorders) often cause difficulties in diagnostic classification, clinical management and assessment of disability. Recent trends in diagnosis are reviewed. We describe our first clinical experience of interdisciplinary evaluation of pain patients by functional capacity evaluation and an ergonomically oriented rehabilitation program. This interdisciplinary approach could constitute a new field of close collaboration between physiatry/physical medicine, physiotherapy and psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kopp
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Willi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klipstein
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation