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MeSH Heading: Somatoform Disorders
Tree Number(s): F03.875
Unique ID: D013001
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013001
Annotation: differentiate from FACTITIOUS DISORDERS and PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS
Scope Note: Disorders having the presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition but that are not fully explained by another medical condition, by the direct effects of a substance, or by another mental disorder. The MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. In contrast to FACTITIOUS DISORDERS and MALINGERING, the physical symptoms are not under voluntary control. (APA, DSM-V)
Entry Version: SOMATOFORM DIS
Entry Term(s): Briquet Syndrome; Medically Unexplained Syndrome; Medically Unexplained Syndromes; Pain Disorder; Somatization Disorder
NLM Classification #: WM 173.5
Public MeSH Note: 81
History Note: 81
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/05/21
Revision Date: 2021/05/12

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0020147
Scope Note: Disorders having the presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition but that are not fully explained by another medical condition, by the direct effects of a substance, or by another mental disorder. The MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. In contrast to FACTITIOUS DISORDERS and MALINGERING, the physical symptoms are not under voluntary control. (APA, DSM-V)
Terms: Somatoform Disorders Preferred Term
Term UI T038303
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1981); Medically Unexplained Syndrome
Term UI T000897208
Date03/17/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Medically Unexplained Syndromes
Term UI T000897209
Date03/17/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

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