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We have seen many children with somatoform disorders in pediatric neurology and neuropsychology inpatient and outpatient services (E.G.S. and N.C.), in a child psychiatry setting (A.R.), and in a general pediatric practice (D.A.L.). Before an attempt at classification is made, however, some characteristics of childhood conversion and somatization disorders should be discussed, because such reactions in childhood differ in important ways from adult disorders. Rather than extrapolating from the adult literature or from DSM III on to children, we present categories with case examples that reflect the symptom patterns we have observed.
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Shapiro, E.G., Rosenfeld, A.A. (1987). A Spectrum of Conversion and Somatization Disorders in Children. In: The Somatizing Child. Contributions to Psychology and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8677-3_5
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