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Somotoform Disorders and Anxiety

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Persons experiencing somatoform disorders experience stress from several life challenges.
Definitions are provided for somatoform disorders based on DSM-IV criteria. Explanations are offered for the stress of somotoform disorders.

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Persons experiencing somatoform disorders experience stress from life challenges such as marital problems, career frustrations, family responsibilities.

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Explain the relationship between somatoform disorders and anxiety.

The criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR [APA], 2000) for Somatoform Disorders paraphrased here are multiple, unexplained symptoms that include pain and mood. For example, patients have multiple physical and ...

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