Title: Psychosocial Evalution for Prevalence of Sub-Types of Somatoform Disorders in Diagnosed Patients of Somatoform Disorders Visiting Psychosomatic Clinic in Tertiary Care Centre, Vidarbha
Authors: Ratika Sharma, Prakriti Vohra
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i11.210
Abstract
Introduction: Somatoform disorders are a group of psychiatric disorders in which patients present with clinically significant but unexplained physical symptoms. The disorders include somatization disorder, undifferentiated somatoform disorder, hypochondriasis, conversion disorder, pain disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and somatoform disorder not otherwise specified. 1
Material and Methods: 270 patients with a diagnosis of any of the sub types of somatoform disorders were inducted from those attending the out-patient and in- patient services of Department. Of Psychiatry affiliated to AVBRH, a tertiary care hospital, Vidarbha. It was a cross-sectional study carried out from October 2010 to July 2012. The socio-demographic profile questionnaire, clinical profile sheet and the Bradford somatoform inventory (BSI) for diagnosing somatoform disorder patients was used.
Results: various subtypes of somatoform disorders were diagnosed.
Conclusion: Various sub types of somatoform disorders along with different duration have emerged.
Keywords: Somatoform disorders, sub-types of somatoform disorders, prevalence.
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