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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Somatic symptoms which are not fully explained by a medical condition (medically unexplained symptoms) have a high relevance for the public health. They are very common both in the general population and in patients in health care, and may develop into ...
Ricarda Mewes
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Explaining Medically Unexplained Symptoms [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2004 Patients with medically unexplained symptoms comprise from 15% to 30% of all primary care consultations. Physicians often assume that psychological factors account for these symptoms, but current theories of psychogenic causation, somatization, and somatic amplification cannot fully account for common unexplained symptoms.
Melissa Dominicé Dao +2 more
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Psychology of medically unexplained symptoms: A practical review
Cogent Psychology, 2015 Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) or functional neurological symptoms (FNS) are commonly seen in the medical and rehabilitation settings. Clinicians often tend to describe patients with MUS as the “most difficult to help”.
Sirous Mobini
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Intimate partner violence among women with somatoform disorders: A systematic review
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2023 Background: Somatoform disorders and medically unexplained symptoms are reported to be common in women and associated with significant disability. Studies have shown that women experiencing Intimate Partner Violence are more likely to report somatic ...
Shruti Nair +3 more
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Management of medically unexplained symptoms [PDF]
BMJ, 2004 Includes diagnosis, specific treatments, and appropriate communication I n all parts of our healthcare system we meet patients presenting with physical symptoms that lack an obvious organic basis. The terms used to describe such symptoms—medically unexplained symptoms or functional somatic symptoms—are purely descriptive and do not imply ...
Marianne, Rosendal +2 more
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Medically unexplained symptoms [PDF]
British Journal of General Practice, 2017 Hard evidence regarding diagnosis, care, and management of this area of practice is, unsurprisingly, hard to come by. It is disappointing that the article by Chew-Graham et …
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Medically Unexplained Symptoms [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2003 S L Mackie, A O Frank
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Background: Patients who come to the emergency department are different from those seen in outpatient clinics. The former suffer greater stress. Aim: Establish an association between the attribution of the symptoms (psychosocial or organic) by the ...
José Manuel Ramírez Aranda +5 more
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Reattribution for medically unexplained symptoms [PDF]
British Journal of Psychiatry, 2008 Morriss et al [1][1] performed a high-quality cluster randomised controlled trial in which reattribution for medically unexplained symptoms was taught to general practitioners (GPs). We compliment the authors on this trial.
Ravesteijn, H.J. van +2 more
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M.U.P.S (Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms): Is the Accurate Diagnosis Necessary for the Rehab-Team? [PDF]
Rehabilitacja Medyczna, 2023 Background: Physiatrists often treat patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUPS), which suggest various psychiatric, psychosomatic or physical diagnoses.
Avi Ohry, Atzmon Tsur
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