Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 1 , Pages 95-96 , January 2010

The proposed diagnosis of somatic symptom disorders in DSM-V: Two steps forward and one step backward?

Received 12 June 2009 ,Revised 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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PII: S0022-3999(09)00266-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.06.013

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 1 , Pages 95-96 , January 2010

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