RT Book, Section
A1 Elder, William G.
A2 South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A2 Matheny, Samuel C.
A2 Lewis, Evelyn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1106853347
T1 Somatic Symptom Disorder (Previously Somatoform Disorder), Factitious Disorder, & Malingering
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 4e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071827454
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106853347
RD 2024/04/19
AB Somatic  symptom  disorder  (SSD)  involves  unexplained  physical  symptoms  that  bring  significant  functional  impairment.  It  presents  one  of  the  more  common  and  most  difficult  problems  in  primary  care.  SSD  is  seldom  “cured”  and  should  be  approached  as  a  chronic  disease.  Recognition,  a  patient-centered  approach,  and  specific  treatments  may  help  alleviate  symptoms  and  distress.  Factitious  disorder  and  malingering,  although  not  true  SSD,  are  addressed  separately  in  this  chapter  because  of  their  similarity  in  the  form  of  medically  unexplained  symptoms.