Directory of Somatoform Resources

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A mental health disorder where there are clear and present physical symptoms that are suggestive of a somatic disorder, but where there is no detectable organic damage or neurophysiological dysfunction.

Subcategories

• Body Dysmorphic
• Conversion
• Depersonalization
• Hypochondria
• Somatization

Resources in This Category

• Chucky Charlie: Medical Student Syndrome

  http://www.chuckycharlie.com/2007/04/medical-student-syndrome.html
  A 2 year Cohort Study of 71 medical students. School of Medicine University Malaysia Sabah.

• Family Practice Notebook: Somatoform Disorder

  http://www.fpnotebook.com/Psych/Somatization/SmtfrmDsrdr.htm
  Background information, pathophysiology, subclass list, and associated syndromes.

• Medical Students' Disease

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_students'_disease
  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia offers a description of this disorder also known as hypochondriasis of medical students.

• Pseudoseizures or Somatoform Spells, Hysteroepilepsy or Somatoform

  http://www.pni.org/neuropsychiatry/seizures/epilepsy/pseudo_seizure.html
  Examination of a new nomenclature which resembles epileptic seizures but which are in reality psychogenically induced.

• Somatoform Disorder and Implicit Memory Bias (Ott et al, 2000)

  http://www.gwdg.de/~bbandel/gjp-poster-ott.htm
  Summary of a poster presentation examining experiments comparing two sets of individuals, one set with the disorder and the second being a healthy control group.

• Somatoform Disorder: What It Is and How to Cope

  http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/somatoform-disorders.html
  Familydoctor.org offers an overview, describes causes, symptoms and possible treatments.

• Somatoform Disorders

  http://www.psyweb.com/Mdisord/somatd.html
  Psyweb.com offers a general definition of this disorder. Includes details on the various types.

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