Somatization Disorder and Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder
Key points
- Patients with somatization disorder or undifferentiated somatoform disorder are frequently vexing to treat.1 At the same time, these patients are severely disabled by their disorders.
- Their treatment involves management difficulties that usually result in poor treatment outcomes and frustrated health care providers.
- Recent work has begun to shed light on treatment approaches that can result in improved outcomes for these difficult-to-treat patients, lower health care costs, and more satisfied health care providers.
- I address each of these areas in detail to provide the rationale for a broad treatment approach to these two disorders.
Written and revised by
Gerald Hurowitz, M.D.
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