Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 66, Issue 6 , Pages 473-476 , June 2009

The proposed diagnosis of somatic symptom disorders in DSM-V to replace somatoform disorders in DSM-IV—a preliminary report

  • Francis Creed

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Psychiatry Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Rawnsley Building, Oxford Road, M13 9WL Manchester, UK. Tel.: +44 0161 276 5331; fax: +44 0161 273 2135.
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  • on behalf of the DSM-V Workgroup on Somatic Symptom Disorders

      Affiliations

    • Members of the Somatic Symptom Disorders workgroup for DSM-V. Joel Dimsdale (Chair), Arthur J. Barsky, Francis Creed, Nancy Frasure-Smith, Michael R. Irwin, Frank Keefe, Sing Lee, James L. Levenson, Michael Sharpe, Lawson R. Wulsin, Javier Escobar.

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PII: S0022-3999(09)00088-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.03.005

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 66, Issue 6 , Pages 473-476 , June 2009

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