Lukol Directory: Health: Mental Health: Disorders: Somatoform

Somatoform Disorders
Presentation by Paul Young from Houghton College includes an overview, description of the types and etiology of the ailment.
http://campus.houghton.edu/depts/psycholog...

The Merck Manual - Sec. 15, Ch. 186
Offers a layman's descritption of the condition.
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section1...

Somatoform Disorder and Implicit Memory Bias (Ott et al, 2000)
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.
http://www.gwdg.de/~bbandel/gjp-poster-ott...

Somatoform Disorder: What It Is and How to Cope
Familydoctor.org offers an overview, describes causes, symptoms and possible treaments.
http://familydoctor.org/162.xml

Dr. David B. Adams - Somatoform Disorders
Psychological.com offers an overview of this disorder.
http://www.psychological.com/somatofom_dis...

Family Practice Notebook: Somatoform Disorder
Background information, pathophysiology, subclass list, and associated syndromes.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSY230.htm

Pseudoseizures or Somatoform Spells, Hysteroepilepsy or Somatoform
Examination of a new nomenclature which resembles epileptic seizures but which are in reality psychogenically induced.
http://www.pni.org/neuropsychiatry/seizure...

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

Sub Topics:
Somatization
Body Dysmorphic
Depersonalization
Conversion
Hypochondria





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