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Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

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The category of somatic symptom and related disorders includes somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder), psychological factors affecting other medical conditions, factitious disorder, and other specified and unspecified somatic symptom and related disorder. Following a historical perspective, somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, conversion disorder, psychological factors affecting other medical conditions, and factitious disorders are discussed.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Hoyle Leigh MD, DLFAPA, FACP, FAPM (Professor of Psychiatry, Director)

  2. Psychosomatic Medicine Program & Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, UCSF-Fresno, 155N. Fresno St., Fresno, CA, 93701, USA

    Hoyle Leigh MD, DLFAPA, FACP, FAPM (Professor of Psychiatry, Director)

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Leigh, H. (2015). Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders. In: Leigh, H., Streltzer, J. (eds) Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11005-9_21

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