Somatization is an area of major concern to clinicians who are confronted with diagnostic problems that combine both medical-biological and sociopsychological factors. Current Concepts of Somatization: Research and Clinical Perspectives reviews the most up-to-date literature on somatization, examines the actual classification of these disorders in DSM-III-R, makes recommendations regarding treatment, and points the way to future research.
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American Psychiatric Association Publishing
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978-0-88048-198-4 (9780880481984)
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Introduction: concepts of somatization. The psychology of somatic symptoms. Somatization and psychiatric disorders. Medically unexplained symptoms: distribution, risk factors, and comorbidity. Functional somatic syndromes. Cognitive and social factors in somatization. Somatization in consultation-liaison psychiatry. Treatment approaches to somatizing and hypochondriacal patients. Somatization in cultural and historical perspective. Conclusion: prospects for research and clinical practice.
