title: Somatic symptoms: beyond 'medically unexplained'.
abstract: Somatic symptoms may be classified as either 'medically explained' or 'medically unexplained' - the former being considered medical and the latter psychiatric. In healthcare systems focused on disease, this distinction has pragmatic value. However, new scientific evidence and psychiatric classification urge a more integrated approach with important implications for psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Michael Sharpe, FRCPsych, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. Email: michael.sharpe@psych.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharpe
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000145:classification*