Chapter 5 - Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)»Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)»Somatoform disorders (F45)

F45

Somatoform disorders

Sub-codes (6)

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Somatoform Disorders9 drugs (6 approved, 3 experimental)

Disorders having the presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition but that are not fully explained by another medical condition, by the direct effects of a substance, or by another mental disorder. The MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. In contrast to FACTITIOUS DISORDERS and MALINGERING, the physical symptoms are not under voluntary control. (APA, DSM-V)