The diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder is sometimes mistakenly made in cases where there are actually undetected physical illnesses,especially

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Neurological diseases can have overlapping somatic symptoms, making it difficult to distinguish between a physical illness and somatic symptom disorder. Therefore, a misdiagnosis of somatic symptom disorder may occur in cases where there is actually an undetected neurological illness.

The Diagnosis of Somatic Symptom Disorder Is Sometimes Mistakenly Made