Somatic symptoms: beyond 'medically unexplained'.

Journal article

Somatic symptoms may be classified as either 'medically explained' or 'medically unexplained' - the former being considered medical and the latter psychiatric. In healthcare systems focused on disease, this distinction has pragmatic value. However, new scientific evidence and psychiatric classification urge a more integrated approach with important implications for psychiatry.

Authors: Sharpe, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
• Volume: 203
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 320-321
• Publication date: 2013-11-01
• DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.122523
• EISSN: 1472-1465
• ISSN: 0007-1250
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Somatoform Disorders