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Somatoform Disorders

"Somatoform Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Somatoform Disorders" by people in this website by year, and whether "Somatoform Disorders" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 16 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2006
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