Abstract
The prominence of somatic symptoms associated with significant clinical distress and functional impairment is the hallmark of illness within the class of disorders called somatic symptom and related disorders. Patients suffering from these conditions more commonly present in primary care or acute care settings. It is only after initially presenting in this setting that they are able to receive necessary psychiatric mental health support. Somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder), psychological factors affecting other medical conditions, factitious disorder, other specified somatic symptom and related disorders, and unspecified somatic symptom and related disorders belong to this diagnostic class. Due to the diagnostic and treatment challenge that these disorders present, physician awareness becomes crucial for early diagnosis.
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