Do the various categories of somatoform disorders differ from each other in symptom profile and psychological correlates

Conclusion:
There are no significant differences between the various subcategories of somatoform disorders with regard to the prevalence of somatic symptoms, anxiety or depression and psychological correlates of alexithymia, hypochondriasis and somato-sensory amplification.

Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 25, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Grover, S., Aneja, J., Sharma, A., Malhotra, R., Varma, S., Basu, D., Avasthi, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research