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As the DSM-V process unfolds, Somatoform Disorders are a diagnostic category for which major revisions seem warranted. The Conceptual Issues in Somatoform and Similar Disorders (CISSD) project recently convened three workshops, involving 24 experts. The CISSD identified key questions related to stakeholders; terminology; appropriate axis (I versus III); medically unexplained criteria; status of functional somatic syndromes; and symptom counts, grouping, lifetime recall, and checklists. Preliminary recommendations include substantial revision of the category of Somatization Disorder, elimination of Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder and Pain Disorder, terminology changes, and potential shifting of certain disorders to different DSM categories or axes.

Original publication

DOI

10.1176/appi.psy.48.4.277

Type

Journal article

Journal

Psychosomatics

Publication Date

07/2007

Volume

48

Pages

277 - 285

Keywords

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Education, Expert Testimony, Humans, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Somatoform Disorders