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Do the various categories of somatoform disorders differ from each other in symptom profile and psychological correlates

Sandeep Grover, Jitender Aneja, Akhilesh Sharma, Rama Malhotra, Sannidhya Varma, Debasish Basu, Ajit Avasthi

International Journal of Social Psychiatry · 2014 · 24 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

There are no significant differences between the various subcategories of somatoform disorders with regard to the prevalence of somatic symptoms, anxiety or depression and psychological correlates of alexithymia, hypochondriasis and somato-sensory amplification.

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