Rethinking Somatization

Jaywant J.P. Patil

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-12-199712150-00029

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Letters |15 December 1997

Rethinking Somatization

Jaywant J.P. Patil, MD, BS, FRCP(C)

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TO THE EDITOR:

The article on rethinking somatization was interesting and thought-provoking [1]. It was of great interest to me because I deal on a daily basis with patients who have soft tissue musculoskeletal problems that do not respond to conventional medical treatment. McWhinney and colleagues have been critical of DSM-IV and the categories of classification that come under the heading “somatiform disorder.” I find the classification of conditions under this heading very useful in my daily practice. The type of patients I deal with have conditions that fall under the category of “chronic pain disorder,” which in turn falls under the broad category of “somatiform disorder.”

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