Somatoform disorders include a group of mental disorders in which physical symptoms have an organic cause.

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Somatoform disorders are a group of mental disorders in which the person experiences physical symptoms without an underlying organic cause. These symptoms are not under voluntary control and are real to the affected person. The opposite is True of factitious disorders (Munchausen's syndrome) or malingering, in which the patient presents with feigned symptoms for personal or emotional gain. There is no confirmed, diagnosable, general medical condition that accounts for the symptoms of somatoform disorders.

Somatoform Disorders Include a Group of Mental Disorders in Which