title: [Somatoform disorders. Historical development and modern diagnostic conceptualization].
abstract: Patients with "medically unexplained" bodily symptoms form a major group in the medical care system. Diagnostic and therapeutic problems very often arise, and the concept of "somatization" promotes a better understanding of this patient group. Important historical stages in the development toward a modern diagnostic classification of somatoform disorders are outlined. A critical comment on the diagnostic approaches according to DSM-IV and ICD-10 follows.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Nuss baumstrasse 7,80336 München. hkapham@psy.med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kapfhammer
mesh_terms: D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*