Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 1 , Pages 99-100 , January 2010

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

Received 1 September 2009 ,Revised 1 September 2009 ,Accepted 7 September 2009.

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PII: S0022-3999(09)00364-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.09.003

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 1 , Pages 99-100 , January 2010