DSM-5: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

According to Merck Manuals, "Somatic symptom and related disorders are mental health disorders characterized by an intense focus on physical (somatic) symptoms that causes significant distress and/or interferes with daily functioning."

Somatic symptom and related disorders include the following:

• Somatic symptom disorder
• Illness anxiety disorder
• Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)
• Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions
• Factitious disorder
• Other specified somatic symptom and related disorder
• Unspecified somatic symptom and related disorder

• Overview of Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 

  Information about Somatic symptom and related disorders from Merck Manuals

   
• Illness Anxiety Disorder 

  Information about Illness Anxiety Disorder by Harvard Health Publishing

   
• Conversion disorder 

  research and treatment information about Conversion disorder from Rare Diseases Information Center

   
• Factitious disorder 

  Information on Factitious disorder

   
• Conversion disorder: What you need to know 

  Information about Conversion disorder

   
• What Is Somatic Symptom Disorder? 

  Psychiatry.org talks about Somatic symptom disorder and its causes and treatments