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Somatization Disorder: Past, Present, and Future

Stephen H. Dinwiddie

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CME Educational Objectives 1. Understand the conceptual development of somatization disorder. 2. Differentiate between “somatization” as a psychological process from characteristics of patients who repeatedly and differentially present with medically unexplained symptoms. 3. Become familiar with principles of treatment of the individual with somatization disorder. Patients with somatoform disorders have long been known to disproportionately access medical care, with resultant increase in treatment costs and risk of iatrogenic complications of treatment. 1

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CME Educational Objectives 1. Understand the conceptual development of somatization disorder. 2. Differentiate between “somatization” as a psychological process from characteristics of patients who repeatedly and differentially present with medically unexplained symptoms. 3. Become familiar with principles of treatment of the individual with somatization disorder. Patients with somatoform disorders have long been known to disproportionately access medical care, with resultant increase in treatment costs and risk of iatrogenic complications of treatment. 1

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CME Educational Objectives 1. Understand the conceptual development of somatization disorder. 2. Differentiate between “somatization” as a psychological process from characteristics of patients who repeatedly and differentially present with medically unexplained symptoms. 3. Become familiar with principles of treatment of the individual with somatization disorder. Patients with somatoform disorders have long been known to disproportionately access medical care, with resultant increase in treatment costs and risk of iatrogenic complications of treatment. 1

Key concepts: Somatization, Somatization disorder, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Medicine, Psychology, Psychotherapist, Anxiety

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