Stop moving! Pain, body, and trauma in pictures and narratives of patients, suffering with a somatoform disorder

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Ruettner ◽  
Michael Zander ◽  
Melanie Kappler ◽  
Johanna Niehaus ◽  
Nele Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Somatoform Disorder

Challenges in the Diagnostic Conceptualization of CRPS-1 (Formerly Conceptualized as RSD)

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-3, 9-12
Author(s):  
Robert J. Barth ◽  
Tom W. Bohr
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome ◽  
Somatoform Disorders ◽  
International Association ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Somatoform Disorder ◽  
Syndrome Type ◽  
Previous Issue

Abstract From the previous issue, this article continues a discussion of the potentially confusing aspects of the diagnostic formulation for complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1) proposed by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), the relevance of these issues for a proposed future protocol, and recommendations for clinical practice. IASP is working to resolve the contradictions in its approach to CRPS-1 diagnosis, but it continues to include the following criterion: “[c]ontinuing pain, which is disproportionate to any inciting event.” This language only perpetuates existing issues with current definitions, specifically the overlap between the IASP criteria for CRPS-1 and somatoform disorders, overlap with the guidelines for malingering, and self-contradiction with respect to the suggestion of injury-relatedness. The authors propose to overcome the last of these by revising the criterion: “[c]omplaints of pain in the absence of any identifiable injury that could credibly account for the complaints.” Similarly, the overlap with somatoform disorders could be reworded: “The possibility of a somatoform disorder has been thoroughly assessed, with the results of that assessment failing to produce any consistencies with a somatoform scenario.” The overlap with malingering could be addressed in this manner: “The possibility of malingering has been thoroughly assessed, with the results of that assessment failing to produce any consistencies with a malingering scenario.” The article concludes with six recommendations, and a sidebar discusses rating impairment for CRPS-1 (with explicit instructions not to use the pain chapter for this purpose).

Reviewing Treatment in a Somatoform Disorder. A Case of Iatrogenic Pain

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Henar De la Red Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Somatoform Disorder ◽  
Iatrogenic Pain

A Suspected Case of Somatoform Disorder Successfully Treated with an Herbal Medicine

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Okamoto ◽  
Nobuyasu Sekiya ◽  
Atsushi Chino ◽  
Masaomi Iyo ◽  
Katsutoshi Terasawa
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Somatoform Disorder ◽  
Suspected Case

Somatoform disorders: A help or hindrance to good patient care?

2004 ◽  
Vol 184 (6) ◽  
pp. 465-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sharpe ◽  
Richard Mayou
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Somatoform Disorders ◽  
Somatoform Disorder ◽  
Good Patient ◽  
Specific Category ◽  
Good Patient Care ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Issue Reports

The paper by de Waal and colleagues (2004, this issue) reports on the prevalence of somatoform disorders in Dutch primary care. They found that at least one out of six patients seen by general practitioners could be regarded as having a somatoform disorder, almost all in the non-specific category of undifferentiated somatoform disorder. The prevalence of the condition has major implications for medical services but what does this diagnosis mean? Is receiving a diagnosis of somatoform disorder of any benefit to the patient? Does it help the doctor to provide treatment?

scholarly journals Alexithymia and Interleukin Variations in Somatoform Disorder

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Pedrosa Gil ◽  
Marius Nickel ◽  
Nathan Ridout ◽  
Markus J. Schwarz ◽  
Claudia Schoechlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Somatoform Disorder

scholarly journals Is hypochondriasis an anxiety disorder?

2009 ◽  
Vol 194 (6) ◽  
pp. 481-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bunmi O. Olatunji ◽  
Brett J. Deacon ◽  
Jonathan S. Abramowitz
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Somatoform Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic Classification

SummaryAlthough hypochondriasis is currently classified as a somatoform disorder, the underlying cognitive processes may be more consistent with an anxiety disorder. This observation has important implications for treatment and subsequent revisions of the diagnostic classification of hypochondriasis.

scholarly journals Chronic back pain and mental disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2S) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
B. A. Volel ◽  
D. S. Petelin ◽  
D. O. Rozhkov
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Somatoform Disorder ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Post Traumatic

Chronic back pain is a significant biomedical problem due to its high prevalence and negative impact on quality of life and socioeconomic indicators. Mental disorders play a substantial role in the genesis of chronic pain. This review discusses the issues of back pain comorbid with depressive, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and somatoform disorder. It also considers the features of the clinical manifestations of pain associated with mental disorders. There are data on the neurobiological relationship between pain and mental disorders and on the personality traits of patients with chronic back pain.

MELAS syndrome mimicking somatoform disorder

Open Medicine ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 758-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Inczedy-Farkas ◽  
Viktoria Remenyi ◽  
Agnes Meszaros ◽  
Aniko Gal ◽  
Gyorgy Blasko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Somatoform Disorder ◽  
Melas Syndrome

Abstract

“Free-Floating” Somatoform Disorder

2003 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 435-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Tofler
Keyword(s):  
Somatoform Disorder
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