DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SOMATIZATION DISORDER AND UNDIFFERENTIATEDSOMATIZATION DISORDER - A LITERATURE-REVIEW

This paper gives an overwiew of the international empiric literature o n somatization disorder (ICD-IO F45.0) and undifferentiated somatizati on disorder (ICD-10 F45.1) from 1980 to 9/1997. While there is a numbe r of studies on diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, and comorbydity of these disorders, we found a lack of investigations in treatment by pri mary physicians and specialized psychotherapists. Empirically proofed management guidelines are reported and necessary goals of further inve stigations are pointed out.