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The Meaning of Patient Experiences of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms

Qualitative Health Research, 2016
Current 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, C. Atkins, Keith Brownell, R. Woollard   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Medically unexplained physical symptoms

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2004
Anne Em Speckens, A M van Hemert, A M van Hemert   +2 more
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Factitious disorder comorbid with borderline personality disorder and dysthymia: from medically unexplained physical symptoms to functional neurological disorder.

Rivista di psichiatria, 2023
INTRODUCTION In this study, we introduce the concept of comorbidity between factitious disorder (FD), borderline personality disorder (BPD), dysthymia (DY), medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) and functional neurological disorder (FND ...
C. Lazzari, A. Shoka, M. Rabottini
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychological interventions for medically unexplained physical symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

General Hospital Psychiatry, 2022
OBJECTIVE Individuals seeking treatment for physical symptoms having unknown etiology are common in the primary healthcare setup. Factors such as biomedical, environmental, social, and psychological ones are expected to play an important role in the ...
Tanveer Kaur, P. Ranjan, S. Sarkar, G. Kaloiya, Munnoo Khan, Aakansha, Harpreet Bhatia   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1997
At a time when managed care is increasingly emphasizing the gatekeeper role, gynecologists are being recognized as the de facto primary care providers for many women. However, despite this prominent place in the medical care system, the training of most gynecologists has emphasized surgical ...
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Evaluation and Management of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms

The Neurologist, 2004
Medically 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

2019
Concern 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, Jonathan Price, John Geddes   +2 more
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Causal explanatory pluralism and medically unexplained physical symptoms

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2014
AbstractIn 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, Ashley Graham, Kennedy   +1 more
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Estimated prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms in the medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in India.

General Hospital Psychiatry, 2019
PURPOSE There is a paucity of scientific evidence from the Indian subcontinent regarding the magnitude and burden of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS).
U. Baitha, Koushik Sinha Deb, P. Ranjan, A. Mukherjee, N. Bauddh, G. Kaloiya, Arvind Kumar, R. Jadon   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Alexithymia Does Not Predict the Persistence of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms

Psychosomatic Medicine, 2004
Alexithymia 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, Bolk, JH, Rooijmans, HGM, Trijsburg, RW (Wim)   +3 more
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