ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
,• Somatoform disorders are now
referred to as somatic symptom and
related disorders.
• In DSM-IV, there was significant
overlap across the somatoform
disorders and a lack of clarity about
their boundaries.
,• the DSM-5 classification reduces the
number
• of these disorders and subcategories to
avoid problematic overlap. Diagnoses of
somatization disorder, hypochondriasis,
pain disorder, and undifferentiated
somatoform disorder have been
removed.
, SOMATIC SYMPTOM AND
RELATED DISORDERS
,• Somatoform disorders are now
referred to as somatic symptom and
related disorders.
• In DSM-IV, there was significant
overlap across the somatoform
disorders and a lack of clarity about
their boundaries.
,• the DSM-5 classification reduces the
number
• of these disorders and subcategories to
avoid problematic overlap. Diagnoses of
somatization disorder, hypochondriasis,
pain disorder, and undifferentiated
somatoform disorder have been
removed.
, SOMATIC SYMPTOM AND
RELATED DISORDERS
