ABSTRACT
Medical patients often present with physical symptoms, including pain, that have no apparent somatic cause. The complaints are frequently accompanied by anxiety, depression, and denial of psychological problems (Dworkin, 1994; Dworkin, Wilson, & Massoth, 1994). In such cases, subclinical or clinical forms of somatoform disorders should be considered. These are conditions in which psychological conflicts and problems have taken the form of a somatic illness (Ford, 1995).
