Book Review: Somatization Disorders: Treating Somatization: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

Somatization disorder: a practical review.

OBJECTIVE This paper reviews the present state of knowledge on the etiology, prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of somatization disorder (SD). METHOD A comprehensive review of the literature on SD is described under the above headings. RESULTS SD is a common condition that is not well managed by many physicians. Patients with SD get caught between the cracks of the health care system, wit...

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for somatization disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND Patients diagnosed as having somatization disorder (SD) who present with a lifetime history of multiple, medically unexplained physical symptoms represent a significant challenge to health care providers. To date, no psychotherapeutic or pharmacologic intervention has been found to produce clinically meaningful improvement in symptoms or functioning of patients with SD. We examined t...

Preventing somatization

Countless cross-sectional surveys of primary and secondary care have demonstrated the ubiquitous nature of medically unexplained symptoms. If grouping diverse symptoms under one heading is appropriate, they account for over half of all new presentations in secondary medical care (Nimnuan et al. 2001a) and a sizeable proportion of ‘frequent attenders ’ in secondary care have predominantly medica...

Somatization disorders: diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

Somatization as a predictor of suicidal ideation in dissociative disorders.

AIM This study was concerned with correlates of suicidal ideation among patients with chronic complex dissociative disorders. METHOD Participants were 40 patients diagnosed as having either dissociative identity disorder or dissociative disorder not otherwise specified according to the DSM-IV. The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule, the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Somatoform Di...