An analysis: whether the health service - 677 |||health service. If psychology training were better able to provide appropriate training in the field and offered placements in pain centres/other relevant practices, we might find that psychologists would become a natural part of the treatment pathway for these patients. This way we can also better prevent patients from receiving incorrect/too little care, excessive care or having numerous expensive and inappropriate medical tests. Discussion There are many terms for disorders in which neither psychological nor somatic factors have convincing explanatory power. The incidence appears stable, and because they are relatively common, psychologists should expect to encounter them often in their practice. The DSM-5 changed the term somatoform disorders to somatic symptoms and related disorders (Voigt et al., 2012), and thus also the categorization of the previous subtypes. Whatever these disorders are called, they are probably nothing new (Wessely et al., 1999), and psychological treatment is likely to be relevant at all levels of the health service. Are today's patients less reassured by confirmations, explanations and palliative care than in the past? Some conditions mean that: The way doctors and other healthcare professionals communicate about conditions may be too poor. Perhaps the medical and psychological explanations that are presented do not reassure, reassure or have a palliative effect (Malterud, 2002). The public can be influenced by the media, which often uses tabloid approaches and uncritical journalism to describe functional somatic syndromes. Preliminary findings, single cases, and interim findings are described as conclusive medical evidence (Broderick, Kaplan-Liss & Bass, 2011). Furthermore, the climate of today's debate may be shaped by the political context... half of the document... one is unknown Conclusion Somatic symptoms without a significant medical explanation represent a challenge for both patients, psychologists and other professionals healthcare. The new revision of the DSM-5, published in May 2013, defines the previous somatoform disorders as “somatic symptoms and related disorders”. Ongoing work with ICD-11 currently concludes that they are related to long-term tension and stress and want to use the term Bodily Distress Syndrome (BDS) for the disorders. This has not been clarified, since ICD-11 will not be introduced before 2017. It should be important for psychologists to increase their skills in this field, in which neither somatic-oriented nor psychologically oriented health workers have a relationship of natural property. They could increase their presence in the frontline service and collaborate with GPs, but also contribute to interdisciplinary teams in the specialist health service.

Topic > An analysis: whether the health service - 677 |||health service. If psychology training were better able to provide appropriate training in the field and offered placements in pain centres/other relevant practices, we might find that psychologists would become a natural part of the treatment pathway for these patients. This way we can also better prevent patients from receiving incorrect/too little care, excessive care or having numerous expensive and inappropriate medical tests. Discussion There are many terms for disorders in which neither psychological nor somatic factors have convincing explanatory power. The incidence appears stable, and because they are relatively common, psychologists should expect to encounter them often in their practice. The DSM-5 changed the term somatoform disorders to somatic symptoms and related disorders (Voigt et al., 2012), and thus also the categorization of the previous subtypes. Whatever these disorders are called, they are probably nothing new (Wessely et al., 1999), and psychological treatment is likely to be relevant at all levels of the health service. Are today's patients less reassured by confirmations, explanations and palliative care than in the past? Some conditions mean that: The way doctors and other healthcare professionals communicate about conditions may be too poor. Perhaps the medical and psychological explanations that are presented do not reassure, reassure or have a palliative effect (Malterud, 2002). The public can be influenced by the media, which often uses tabloid approaches and uncritical journalism to describe functional somatic syndromes. Preliminary findings, single cases, and interim findings are described as conclusive medical evidence (Broderick, Kaplan-Liss & Bass, 2011). Furthermore, the climate of today's debate may be shaped by the political context... half of the document... one is unknown Conclusion Somatic symptoms without a significant medical explanation represent a challenge for both patients, psychologists and other professionals healthcare. The new revision of the DSM-5, published in May 2013, defines the previous somatoform disorders as “somatic symptoms and related disorders”. Ongoing work with ICD-11 currently concludes that they are related to long-term tension and stress and want to use the term Bodily Distress Syndrome (BDS) for the disorders. This has not been clarified, since ICD-11 will not be introduced before 2017. It should be important for psychologists to increase their skills in this field, in which neither somatic-oriented nor psychologically oriented health workers have a relationship of natural property. They could increase their presence in the frontline service and collaborate with GPs, but also contribute to interdisciplinary teams in the specialist health service.