Concept, Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis of Somatoform Disorder

신체형 장애(Somatoform disorder)의 개념, 평가, 감별진단

Somatoform disorders are a group of syndromes in which patients focus on and complain of physical symptoms when there is no demonstrable underlying organic pathology or when complaints are in excess of what is expected. The author reviewed concept, sociocultural etiology, differential diagnosis and methods of evaluation of somatoform disorder. The symptoms of Korean culture-specific somatizing cluster, so called Wha-Byung, are discussed.