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New somatic symptom disorder in DSM-5
A step in the wrong direction
BMJ 2013; 346 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2233 (Published 16 April 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;346:f2233
- Steven A King, chair, DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR pain disorders committees1
- 1Pain Management and Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA
- kingpain{at}gmail.com
As a physician who trained in both psychiatry and pain management and chaired the DSM-IV ((Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition) and DSM-IV-TR (text revision) committees on pain disorder, I am worried about subsuming these diagnoses under the new somatic symptom disorder diagnosis in DSM-5.1
This new diagnosis, at least with regard …
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