Modifiable factors for somatic symptom persistence in patients with somatic symptom disorder: study protocol for a longitudinal cohort with an embedded ecologically momentary assessment (SOMA.SSD) [PDF]
Introduction Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a distressing mental disorder characterised by the presence of at least one persistent somatic symptom and a significant psychological burden due to the symptom(s), as well as excessive thoughts, feelings or
Bernd Löwe +6 more
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Somatic symptom distress and ICD-11 prolonged grief in a large intercultural sample [PDF]
Background: Grief is a multi-faceted experience including emotional, social, and physical reactions. Research in ICD-11 prolonged grief disorder (PGD) in different cultural contexts has revealed different or potentially missing grief symptoms that may be
Severin Hennemann +4 more
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Illness anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder: Similarities and differences in health-anxious individuals. [PDF]
Little is known about the features and characteristics of illness anxiety disorder (IAD) and somatic symptom disorder (SSD), and whether the minimal somatic symptom requirement in IAD is valid and useful.
Katarina Kikas +4 more
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The effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on emotion regulation and coping strategies of women with somatic symptom [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Somatic symptoms and related disorders are prevalent phenomena in the healthcare system. As the clinical observations have shown the relation of these symptoms with emotions and cognitive distortions, the present study aimed to investigate ...
Moloud Sivandian, Hajar Falahzade
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Background: Communication between healthcare providers and patients with persistent somatic symptoms (PSS) is frequently hampered by mutual misunderstanding and dissatisfaction.Methods: We developed an online, interprofessional course to teach healthcare
A. van Gils +4 more
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To investigate the coping strategies of a group of adolescents with somatic symptom disorder compared to non-somatic symptom disorder peers during the COVID-19 related lockdown.
Andrea Trombetta +7 more
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CiteSpace-based visualization analysis of domestic and foreign research on somatic symptom disorder
BackgroundThe etiology and pathogenesis of somatic symptom disorder are complicated, for which no effective treatment currently exists, posing a critical impact on their quality of life.ObjectiveTo analyze the current situation and development trend in ...
Wang Liuxi, Cheng Qinglin, Lian Fuzhi
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Trajectories and Influencing Factors of Somatic Symptom Clusters in Frail Elderly People in Nursing Homes: a Longitudinal Study [PDF]
Background The somatic symptom clusters may be associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes in frail elderly people. Relevant studies in China have mainly adopted a cross-sectional design with neglect of the trajectory of somatic symptom clusters ...
Chenxi WU, Jing GAO, Qin LIAO, Jiali HE
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Background Central sensitization syndrome (CSS) involves severe functional symptoms due to central sensitization. for patients with severe somatic symptoms and related disorders (SSRDs), central sensitization may be responsible for their functional ...
Kazuaki Hashimoto +5 more
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Fatigue and somatic symptoms [PDF]
Fatigue, headache, stomach ache, and backache are common. Large international surveys show that about 8% of adolescents report daily headaches, 10% daily backache, and 16% daily sleepiness in the mornings. Fatigue is even more common—about a third of both boys and girls have substantial fatigue four or more times a week. Frequency of headache in the
Russell, Viner, Deborah, Christie
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