Treating medically unexplained symptoms via improving access to psychological therapy (IAPT): major limitations identified [PDF]
BMC Psychology, 2020 Background Improving Access to Psychological Therapies is a UK Government funded initiative to widen access to psychological treatment for a range of common mental health complaints, such as depression and anxiety. More recently, the service has begun to
Keith Geraghty, Michael J. Scott
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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”.
Peter Walla
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Psychiatric characteristics of older persons with medically unexplained symptoms: A comparison with older patients suffering from medically explained symptoms [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2020 Background.Empirical studies on the clinical characteristics of older persons with medically unexplained symptoms are limited to uncontrolled pilot studies.
D. J. C. Hanssen +7 more
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Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Attachment Theory: The BodyMind Approach® [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 This article discusses how The BodyMind Approach® (TBMA) addresses insecure attachment styles in medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). Insecure attachment styles are associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and MUS (Adshead and Guthrie, 2015)
Helen Payne, Susan D. Brooks
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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]
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2003 S L Mackie, A O Frank
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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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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019 Introduction: Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are quite common in the primary care setting. These unexplained symptoms lead to physical, psychological, and functional disability increasing patient and caregiver distress. Methodology: Cross-
Goginani Ratnakara Rao +7 more
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