Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Somatization Disorder | Zendy

Lesley A. Allen | Zendy; Robert L. Woolfolk | Zendy; Javier I. Escobar | Zendy; Michael A. Gara | Zendy; Robert M. Hamer | Zendy

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Somatization Disorder

Author(s) -

Lesley A. Allen,

Robert L. Woolfolk,

Javier I. Escobar,

Michael A. Gara,

Robert M. Hamer

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.14.1512

Subject(s) - somatization , intervention (counseling) , clinical global impression , medicine , global assessment of functioning , cognitive therapy , cognitive behavioral therapy , clinical psychology , somatization disorder , cognition , depression (economics) , physical therapy , psychiatry , mental health , placebo , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics

Patients diagnosed as having somatization disorder (SD) who present with a lifetime history of multiple, medically unexplained physical symptoms represent a significant challenge to health care providers. To date, no psychotherapeutic or pharmacologic intervention has been found to produce clinically meaningful improvement in symptoms or functioning of patients with SD. We examined the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for SD.

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