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Mental Disorders > Somatoform Disorders

Preferred term

Somatoform Disorders  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Medically Unexplained Syndrome
  • Medically Unexplained Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Medically Unexplained
  • Unexplained Syndrome, Medically

Note

  • differentiate from FACTITIOUS DISORDERS and PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS

Scope note

  • Disorders having the presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition but that are not fully explained by another medical condition, by the direct effects of a substance, or by another mental disorder. The MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. In contrast to FACTITIOUS DISORDERS and MALINGERING, the physical symptoms are not under voluntary control. (APA, DSM-V)

History note

  • 81

In other languages

  • elimellisoireiset häiriöt

    Finnish

  • elimellisoireinen häiriö
  • morbus psychosomaticus NAS
  • määrittämätön elimellisoireinen häiriö
  • määrittämätön somatoforminen häiriö
  • ospecificerat somatoformt syndrom
  • perturbatio somatoformis
  • perturbatio somatoformis non specificata
  • perturbationes somatoformes
  • psykosomatisk sjukdom UNS
  • somatoforma syndrom
  • somatoforminen häiriö
  • somatoforminen oire
  • somatoformiset häiriöt
  • somatoformiset oireet
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön psykosomaattinen häiriö
  • Somatoforma störningar

    Swedish

  • Briquets sjukdom
  • Medicinskt oförklarliga syndrom
  • Somatiseringsstörning
  • Somatiseringssyndrom
  • Somatoformt smärtsyndrom

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013001

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