On somatopsychiatric correlations during depressions: somatic and mental depression in primary care (literature review)
In the context of body-mental correlations they point out that there exist already adequate criteria for major depression diagnosis while somatic depression needs to be studied in terms of diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The problem of «overlap-ping» of depressive andpsychosomatic disorders is highlighted. The most common psychopathological symptoms for both categories of disorders are described. The problem of adequate use of psychopathological terminology is addressed.