Somatoform pain disorder (i.e, the reason for pain that cannot be explained in clinical terms) is found to be more prevalent in women rather than men. The recent research conducted by Frieser and Korber under the guidance of Professor Wolfgang Hiller, Mainz University shows that depression possessed individuals to experience high degree of somatoform pain than the others. These patients show

• variation in appetite and body weight
• feels dejected
• experience despair, insomnia, loss of energy along with psychological disorders that lead them to commit suicide.