Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 5 , Pages 403-414, May 2010

Towards positive diagnostic criteria: A systematic review of somatoform disorder diagnoses and suggestions for future classification

  • Katharina Voigt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and Schön Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany
    • Both authors contributed equally to this paper.
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  • Annabel Nagel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and Schön Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany
    • Both authors contributed equally to this paper.
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  • Björn Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and Schön Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Gernot Langs

      Affiliations

    • Medical and Psychosomatic Hospital Bad Bramstedt, Bad Bramstedt, Germany
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  • Christoph Braukhaus

      Affiliations

    • Medical and Psychosomatic Hospital Bad Bramstedt, Bad Bramstedt, Germany
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  • Bernd Löwe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and Schön Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 40 7410 59733; fax: +49 40 7410 54975.

Received 1 November 2009; received in revised form 12 January 2010; accepted 14 January 2010. published online 15 March 2010.

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PII: S0022-3999(10)00020-6

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.01.015

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 5 , Pages 403-414, May 2010