Early detection of psychosomatic

Somatoform disorders are present in at least 10%–15% of primary care patients Illness : vulnerability to infection and environmental factors, psychological factors, organic causes including genetic and aging factors, and distress (including exhaustion and time pressure)

DSM-IV ICD X PPDGJ III Diagnostic Statistical Manual IV International Classification of Disease X PPDGJ III Pedoman Penggolongan Diagnosis Gangguan Jiwa III

Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) Psychosomatics 1998; 39:263–272

Models of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) include, among others, mechanisms such as attention, perception, attribution, memory processes, and expectation, as well as social-interactional and emotional factors K. Voigt et al. / Journal of Psychosomatic Research 68 (2010) 403–414

The screening instrument enables physicians to identify somatoform disorder patients with a high degree of accuracy, although it requires further evaluation and development The PHQ-15 is a screening instrument for somatic symptom severity (SSS) and has been developed from its precursors, the “Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders” (PRIME-MD) and the “PRIME-MD Patient Health Questionnaire” (PRIME-MD PHQ)

S. Körber et al. / Journal of Psychosomatic Research 71 (2011) 142–147