What is Somatoform Disorders?
What is Somatoform Disorders?
- Somatoform Disorders: A disorder that is characterised by multiple somatic complaints.
- Somatoform Disorders: characterized by physical symptoms and demonstrable structural or physiological changes in which emotional factors are believed to play a major etiologic role.
Source - Diseases Database
Somatoform Disorders: Introduction
Types of Somatoform Disorders:
Types of Somatoform Disorders:
Broader types of Somatoform Disorders:
How serious is Somatoform Disorders?
Complications of Somatoform Disorders:
see complications of Somatoform Disorders
What causes Somatoform Disorders?
Causes of Somatoform Disorders: see causes of Somatoform Disorders
Risk factors for Somatoform Disorders:
see
risk factors for Somatoform Disorders
What are the symptoms of Somatoform Disorders?
Symptoms of Somatoform Disorders:
see symptoms of Somatoform Disorders
Complications of Somatoform Disorders:
see complications of Somatoform Disorders
Onset of Somatoform Disorders: Usually begins before age 30 and extend over many years
Somatoform Disorders: Testing
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Somatoform Disorders.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Somatoform Disorders:
see treatments for Somatoform Disorders
Research for Somatoform Disorders:
see research for Somatoform Disorders
Society issues for Somatoform Disorders
Hospitalization statistics for Somatoform Disorders:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Somatoform Disorders:
- Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders resulted in 49,415 hospitalisations in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders accounted for 210,115 patient days inhospitals in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 0.012% (1,570) of hospital consultant episodes were for somatoform disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 93% of hospital consultant episodes for somatoform disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Somatoform Disorders
Main name of condition: Somatoform Disorders
Other names or spellings for Somatoform Disorders:
Briquet's syndrome
Functional disorders, Briquet's syndrome, CFS, Chronic fatigue syndromes, Conversion disorder, Psychophysiological disorder, Psychosomatic disorders, Somatization disorders
Source - Diseases Database
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