Journal article
Somatization and conversion disorders: comorbidity and demographics at presentation
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, Vol.84(3), pp.288-293
09/1991
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb03146.x
PMID: 1950631
Abstract
Although somatization disorder and conversion disorder are linked in DSM-III and DSM-III-R, they have very different histories. To directly compare these disorders, we reviewed the records accrued for 2 years at a large medical center and identified 65 somatization disorder patients and 51 conversion disorder patients. They differed substantially. The large majority (78%) of conversion disorder patients and nearly all (95%) of the somatization disorder patients were women. Ages at onset occurred throughout the life span among conversion disorder patients but mostly before the age of 21 among the somatization disorder patients. Somatization disorder patients were more likely to have had a history of depression, attempted suicide, panic disorder and divorce.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Somatization and conversion disorders: comorbidity and demographics at presentation
- Creators
- K Tomasson - Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa CityD KentW Coryell
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, Vol.84(3), pp.288-293
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb03146.x
- PMID
- 1950631
- ISSN
- 0001-690X
- eISSN
- 1600-0447
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1991
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984003946002771
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