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== Definition/Description == | == Definition/Description<br> == | ||
Somatic symptom disorder (SSD), as defined by the DSM-V code, occurs in individuals who experience exaggerated and disrupted physical symptoms in multiple areas of the body accompanied by exaggerated thoughts impairing activities of daily living. Diagnosis of SSD requires that the individual has experienced these symptoms for at least six months in duration. This disorder has recently been updated from DSM-IV code of somatization disorder to the DSM-V code of SSD. The prior diagnosis required that patients experience complaints from four different symptom groups; however, this is no longer required with the new DSM-V code<sup>1</sup>. In addition, patients who experience symptoms associated with other comorbidities such as heart disease, osteoarthritis or cancer were excluded from diagnosis of the previous DSM-IV code. The DSM-V definition now includes these patients under the diagnostic code of SSD and considers these patients appropriate for psychological treatment; however, a full psychological evaluation is needed to rule out other possible disorders<sup>2</sup>. <br> | |||
== Prevalence == | == Prevalence == | ||
Revision as of 18:42, 27 February 2014
Original Editors - Lauren Rouse & Laura Stigler from Bellarmine University's Pathophysiology of Complex Patient Problems project.
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Somatic symptom disorder (SSD), as defined by the DSM-V code, occurs in individuals who experience exaggerated and disrupted physical symptoms in multiple areas of the body accompanied by exaggerated thoughts impairing activities of daily living. Diagnosis of SSD requires that the individual has experienced these symptoms for at least six months in duration. This disorder has recently been updated from DSM-IV code of somatization disorder to the DSM-V code of SSD. The prior diagnosis required that patients experience complaints from four different symptom groups; however, this is no longer required with the new DSM-V code1. In addition, patients who experience symptoms associated with other comorbidities such as heart disease, osteoarthritis or cancer were excluded from diagnosis of the previous DSM-IV code. The DSM-V definition now includes these patients under the diagnostic code of SSD and considers these patients appropriate for psychological treatment; however, a full psychological evaluation is needed to rule out other possible disorders2.
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