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Patients with somatoform symptoms usually first see pediatricians or general practitioners, not mental health professionals. Since many somatoform symptoms are initially indistinguishable from organic ones, the primary care physician must first make certain that the symptom is not part of a physical disease process.
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Shapiro, E.G., Rosenfeld, A.A. (1987). Principles of Diagnosis. In: The Somatizing Child. Contributions to Psychology and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8677-3_6
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