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DSM-5: Medically unexplained chronic pain in personal injury litigation
Dr Leigh A Neal and Dr Jon Valentine examine the important changes in psychiatric diagnosis ‘The reliability of determining that a somatic symptom is medically unexplained is limited.’ The diagnosis and treatment of medically unexplained pain is complicated by a plethora of diagnoses and differences in approach between psychiatrists and specialists in pain management. The …