title: His-story or her-story: deconstruction of the concepts of somatization towards a new approach in advanced nursing practice care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article will endeavor to present an alternative view of somatoform disorders, assist in understanding the possible underlying comorbid psychiatric symptoms, and identify psychopharmacological options for treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recognizing symptom clusters is a useful strategy when considering psychotropic options for treatment and management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The alternative strategies presented and discussed in this article can contribute to a useful and positive experience for both the clinician and the individual suffering from medically unexplained physical symptoms as they promote the care, health, and well-being of the individual rather than a cure, illness, and/or disease state that needs rendering, mending, and/or surgery.
authors.affiliation: PMHNP Program, University of North Carolina-School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. vsoltis@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Victoria Marie
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Soltis-Jarrett
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*