title: Is the DSM-5 chapter on somatic symptom disorder any better than DSM-IV somatoform disorder?
abstract: DSM-5 is a modest improvement on DSM-IV, notably in abandoning the distinction between medically explained and unexplained symptoms, but problems remain. The chapter text is incoherent, contradicts the classification and will be clinically unhelpful. ICD-11 should attempt a more logical and consistent revision.
authors.affiliation: Richard Mayou, BM, MA, MSc, MPhil, FRCP, FRCPsych, Nuffield College, Oxford OX1 NF1, UK. Email: richard.mayou@nuffield.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mayou
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000145:classification*