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WebMD explains the symptoms and treatment of a somatoform disorder -- a mental disorder in which patients experience pain that can't be traced to any physical cause.

However, ICD-11 has replaced this term with the category of " somatic symptom disorders." "For this diagnosis, it is no longer necessary to rule out physical causes entirely," explained Henningsen.

Factitious disorder is diagnostically separated from somatoform disorders because it encompasses the conscious, deliberate feigning, manipulation, or production of physical signs and symptoms.