Somatoform Disorders: A Worldwide Perspective

By A. Janca and M. Asai

Medically unexplained somatic symptoms are problematic in psychiatry, primary care settings, and other clinical areas. The burden they impose on health-care systems constitutes a significant public health problem. At the international symposium "Rethinking Somatoform Disorders," this problem was addressed by specialists working in somatoform disorders, psychiatric nosology, epidemiology, and biological and cross-cultural psychiatry. The meeting was the third of the Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the World Psychiatric Association.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4431702482
• ISBN13: 9784431702481
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"