# Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R8Yn0rpoHNTFiymo0I8CAVf

## Labels

**Preferred Label:** Somatoform Disorders

**Alternative Labels:**

- Somatic Disorders

## Definition

These disorders are characterized by physical symptoms or deficits that are not intentionally produced or feigned, and that, following clinical investigation, cannot be fully explained by a general medical condition, another mental disorder, the direct effects of a substance, or a culturally sanctioned behavior or experience. These disorders may also be characterized by a preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious medical condition that has not been identified or diagnosed. Symptoms and signs may include, but are not limited to, pain and other abnormalities of sensation, gastrointestinal symptoms, fatigue, a high level of anxiety about personal health status, abnormal motor movement, pseudoseizures, and pseudoneurological symptoms, such as blindness or deafness.

## Sub Class Of

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## Parent Class Of

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- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCeYuXiU2d2WV3BlrRtfxcn

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