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Evaluation and Management of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms
The Neurologist, 2004Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) and related syndromes are common in medical care and the general population, are associated with extensive morbidity, and have a large impact on functioning. Much of medical practice emphasizes specific pharmacological and surgical intervention for discrete disease states.
Ralph D, Richardson, Charles C, Engel
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Medically unexplained physical symptoms
2019Concern about physical symptoms is a common reason for people to seek medical help. Many of these symptoms, such as headache, chest pain, weakness, dizziness, and fatigue, remain unexplained by identifiable disease even after careful medical assessment.
Rebecca McKnight +2 more
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The Meaning of Patient Experiences of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms
Qualitative Health Research, 2015Current diagnostic models in medical practice do not adequately account for patient symptoms that cannot be classified. At the moment, when all known diagnostic possibilities have been excluded, physicians—and patients—confront uncertainty in diagnosis, which gives rise to the label of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS).
Jude, Kornelsen +3 more
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Causal explanatory pluralism and medically unexplained physical symptoms
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2014AbstractIn this paper, we propose a methodology for investigating medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPSs). These symptoms are common in both primary and specialist medical practices, but are poorly understood. Currently, MUPSs are diagnosed via non‐explanatory labels. However, we show that explanatory diagnoses are preferable to non‐explanatory
Michael, Cournoyea +1 more
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Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression
Psychosomatic Medicine, 2003Our objective was to review and compare, with meta-analytic methods, observational studies on the association of medically unexplained physical symptoms, anxiety, and depression with special emphasis on healthy and organically ill control groups and on different types of symptoms, measures, and illness behavior.A search of MEDLINE and PsycLIT/PsycINFO ...
Peter, Henningsen +2 more
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Alexithymia Does Not Predict the Persistence of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms
Psychosomatic Medicine, 2004Alexithymia is thought to be associated with the development of medically unexplained physical symptoms (UPS). So far little research has been published on alexithymia as a risk factor for the persistence of UPS.To determine the clinical outcome in UPS patients and to study the relative importance of alexithymia in predicting that outcome.A follow-up ...
Kooiman, CG +3 more
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Yoga Therapy For Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms.
Advances in mind-body medicine, 2020Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) is a common, yet neglected disease with a prevalence of around 25% in primary care setting. These patients present with multiple physical and psychological symptoms, without an underlying diagnosis, hampering their functional and mental wellbeing.
Kashyap, Amit +5 more
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Illness attribution of patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms in China
Transcultural Psychiatry, 2012The illness behavior of patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUS) depends largely on what the patient believes to be the cause of the symptoms. Little data are available on the illness attributions of patients with MUS in China. This cross-sectional study investigated the illness attributions of 96 patients with MUS in the outpatient
Fritzsche, Kurt +5 more
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Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1995
Patients with unexplained physical symptoms are considered to benefit from psychological treatment, but are believed to be reluctant to accept a referral to a psychiatrist or psychologist. As a part of a treatment study, we had the opportunity to examine to what extent somatising patients are willing to accept psychological treatment and how patients ...
A E, Speckens +4 more
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Patients with unexplained physical symptoms are considered to benefit from psychological treatment, but are believed to be reluctant to accept a referral to a psychiatrist or psychologist. As a part of a treatment study, we had the opportunity to examine to what extent somatising patients are willing to accept psychological treatment and how patients ...
A E, Speckens +4 more
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Descriptive clinical research and medically unexplained physical symptoms
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1987Improving the understanding and classification of physical symptoms presently regarded as medically unexplained is handicapped by a lack of descriptive clinical data. This paper supports the urgent need for descriptive studies in this field, and backs this view by presenting such a study based on sample of patients registered in general practice.
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