1. Somatoform Disorders : A Worldwide Perspective
- Author
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Ono Yutaka, Aleksandar Janca, Masahiro Asai, Norman Sartorius, Ono Yutaka, Aleksandar Janca, Masahiro Asai, and Norman Sartorius
- Subjects
- Psychiatry
- Abstract
Medically unexplained somatic symptoms are problematic in psychiatry, primary care settings, and other clinical areas. The burden they impose on health-care systems constitutes a significant public health problem. At the international symposium'Rethinking Somatoform Disorders,'this problem was addressed by specialists working in somatoform disorders, psychiatric nosology, epidemiology, and biological and cross-cultural psychiatry. The meeting was the third of the Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the World Psychiatric Association.
- Published
- 2012