Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Introduction

• Somatic symptom disorder and other disorders with prominent somatic symptoms constitute a new category in DSM-5 called somatic symptom and related disorders.

• All of these disorders share a common feature: the prominence of somatic symptoms associated with significant distress and impairment. Individuals with disorders with prominent somatic symptoms are commonly encountered in primary care and other medical settings but are less commonly encountered in psychiatric and other mental health settings.

Studies Related to Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

• In Medical Students

Lloyd, C., & Gartrell, N. K. (1984). Psychiatric symptoms in medical students. Comprehensive psychiatry, 25(6), 552-565.

• In Students

Fischer, S., Nater, U.M. & Laferton, J.A.C. Negative Stress Beliefs Predict Somatic Symptoms in Students Under Academic Stress. Int.J. Behav. Med. 23, 746–751 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-016-9562-y