Somatization Disorders

Somatization Disorders

• Develop a working definition of somatization and recognize the epidemiology of somatization and medically unexeplained symptoms in primary care
• Increase awareness about the biologic, psychologic, social and cultural factors involved in medically unexplained symptoms
• Identify risk factors associated with the onset and maintenance of somatization-related behaviors
• Screen and identify patients in primary care with various psychiatric conditions in which somatic symptoms are common
• Formulate practical clinical management strategies for patients with medically unexplained symptoms

Volume III, Number 4, July 2004

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