Roselind Lieb1, Gunther Meinlschmidt, Ricardo Araya. 1. Epidemiology and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Basel, Missionsstrasse 60-62, 4055 Basel, Switzerland. roselind.lieb@unibas.ch
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To review the available epidemiological evidence on associations between somatoform disorders with anxiety and depressive disorders. RESULTS: Clinical and population-based studies have found that the co-occurrence of some types of somatoform disorders (e.g., somatization disorder, somatic-symptom-index (SSI)4,6, and pain disorder) and anxiety and depressive disorders is common. These findings may suggest either a causal relationship between these disorders or that they share some common etiological factors. For other forms of somatoform disorders, empirical evidence about co-occurrence is even thinner or not available at all, especially from non-western settings. CONCLUSION: Some implications of how these findings, or the absence of them, can help us understand better the etiology of somatoform disorders and improve the classification of mental disorders as a whole are discussed.
OBJECTIVE: To review the available epidemiological evidence on associations between somatoform disorders with anxiety and depressive disorders. RESULTS: Clinical and population-based studies have found that the co-occurrence of some types of somatoform disorders (e.g., somatization disorder, somatic-symptom-index (SSI)4,6, and pain disorder) and anxiety and depressive disorders is common. These findings may suggest either a causal relationship between these disorders or that they share some common etiological factors. For other forms of somatoform disorders, empirical evidence about co-occurrence is even thinner or not available at all, especially from non-western settings. CONCLUSION: Some implications of how these findings, or the absence of them, can help us understand better the etiology of somatoform disorders and improve the classification of mental disorders as a whole are discussed.
Authors: Jacqueline H J Kim; William Tsai; Tamar Kodish; Lam T Trung; Anna S Lau; Bahr Weiss Journal: J Psychosom Res Date: 2019-07-05 Impact factor: 3.006