BackgroundSomatoform disorders are characterized by the presence of multiple somatic symptoms without an organic cause that completely explains their symptoms.These patients generate a high cost in health services. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of a cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) programme, administered in group and individual ...
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... Title : Association of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Somatic Symptoms, Health Care Visits, and Absenteeism among Iraq War Veterans. ...
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The authors examine somatization disorder in a community population, using grade of membership analysis, a new multivariate analytical technique for the analysis of medical classification. The technique is used to examine whether somatic symptoms will cluster into a clinical syndrome resembling somatization ...
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Briefly reviews number of theories which address role of psychological factors in etiology of somatic disorders. Focuses on psychological treatment approaches that have been used to alleviate or reduce symptomatic behaviors associated with eating disorders, elimination disorders, and headaches in children. ...
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In this paper, we discussed the relationship between somatization and functional somatic syndrome (FSS). The concept of somatization takes its origin from the work of Freud S who proposed the idea of conversion as a main defense mechanism. At the same period, the term somatization was introduced by Stekel W as a ...
... diagnoses such as somatization disorder, myalgia and myositis unspecified, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, unexplained musculoskeletal ...
... Interestingly genetic deficiency in PTEN in humans is associated with at least two hereditary Hamartoma disorders, Cowden's syndrome (CS) and ...
... elevated in homozygotes for the recessive "cancer-prone" disorders Bloom syndrome (Vijayalaxmi et al., 1983), Fanconi ...
... b Assessed in women only and because of the ... that the medical burden of PTSD encompasses a ... for health professionals in the military, the Veter ...
... be included on any reproduction hereof which ... tumor-susceptibility disorder (Mulvihill, 1994). ... malignant myeloid disorders, and neurofibrosarcomas ...
Results were compared of a study of mental disorders in 365 participants of liquidation of sequelae of the Chernobyl atomic station disaster subjected to the effect of ionizing radiation showing psychic disorders, in 475 somatic patients and in 42 Afghan soldiers suffering of traumatic cebrebrasthenia. Clinical aspects of manifestation ...
The literature on mental health effects of catastrophic trauma such as community disasters focuses on posttraumatic stress disorder. Somatization disorder is not listed among the classic responses to disaster, nor have other somatoform disorders been described in this literature. Nondiagnostic ...
BackgroundAmong patients with major depression with psychotic features, little is known about the extent to which those with and without somatic delusions differ.MethodsThe first 183 participants in the STOP-PD study were divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of somatic delusions and were compared on multiple demographic and clinical ...
Recent research has shown that depression, anxiety disorders, and psychosis are more common than previously supposed in elderly populations without dementia. It is unclear whether the frequency of these disorders increases or decreases with age. Clinical expression of psychiatric disorders in old age may be different from that seen in ...
Studies using a variety of diagnostic rating scales have identified much higher levels of somatic symptoms in Hispanic psychiatric patients, particularly those with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or depression, than in their Anglo counterparts. However, this cultural difference cannot be generally demonstrated by using DSM-III somatoform disorders criteria. ...
Somatization is a clinical and public health problem as it can lead to social dysfunction, occupational difficulties and increased healthcare use. Hence understanding somatoform disorders is of paramount importance, especially so in developing countries like India. This paper discusses the history and evolution of the concept of ...
involve chronic pain and problems with the digestive system, nervous system, and reproductive system. The symptoms often interfere with work and relationships, and lead to...
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... Thus, HPRT mutation has been found to be spontaneously elevated in homozygotes for the recessive cancer-prone disorders Bloom syndrome, 87 ...
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER (BPD) IS A COMPLEX AXIS II Phenomenon that is typically described in a psychological or psychiatric context. In this article, we translate the various aspects of BPD to the primary care setting. Previous work in this area has explored specific relationships between BPD and individual medical disorders or between BPD and ...
Sleep disorders in childhood are a common phenomenon. A highly differenciated diagnostic effort is required as sleep in children is extremely variable between individuals, undergoes a constant natural development and depends of cultural influences on sleep behavior. The pathogenesis is predominantly due to environmental variables, especially to the child-parent interaction. ...
The present study is the first to attempt to determine rates of panic attacks, especially 'somatically focused' panic attacks, panic disorder, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression levels in a population of Rwandans traumatized by the 1994 genocide. The following measures were utilized: the Rwandan ...
The present study is the first to attempt to determine rates of panic attacks, especially �somatically focused� panic attacks, panic disorder, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression levels in a population of Rwandans traumatized by the 1994 genocide. The following measures were utilized: the Rwandan ...
PurposeThe objective of this study was to examine the relation between anger management style and organ system-related somatic symptoms in depressive disorder and somatoform disorder patients.Materials and MethodsThe subjects included 73 patients with depressive disorders and 47 with somatoform ...
Somatoform respiratory disorders represent conditions with dysfunctional breathing unexplained by structural abnormalities. This heterogeneous group includes disorders with neural dysregulation of respiration (vocal cord dysfunction) or with dysregulation of the respiratory pattern (hyperventilation, sighing dyspnea), psychogenic ...
...impairment.6081 Scotoma.Impairment of Muscle Function: 6090Diplopia. 6091Symblepharon. 6092Diplopia, limited muscle function. THE EAR6200 Chronic...9421Somatization disorder. 9422Pain disorder....
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Gene therapy holds great promise. Somatic gene therapy has the potential to treat a wide range of disorders, including inherited conditions, cancers, and infectious diseases. Early progress has already been made in the treatment of a range of disorders. Ethical issues surrounding somatic gene therapy are primarily ...
Flood research has used a variety of methods, yielding inconsistent findings. Universal definitions of illness are paramount to the science of psychiatric epidemiology of disasters. St. Louis area survivors (N = 162) of the Great Midwestern Floods of 1993 received a structured diagnostic assessment at 4 and 16 months postdisaster, with 88% follow-up. The purpose of the assessment was to examine ...
Gastro -oesophageal Reflux Disease is a consequence of pathological reflux from stomach to oesophagus. Whenever the refluxed contents extended beyond the oesophagus itself, is called Extraoesophageal Reflux Disease. The author proposes a review about pulmonary disorders and gastroesophageal reflux. Previously, it is evaluated in an abridged way, the ...
INTRODUCTION: Posconcussional syndrome is characterized by a heterogeneous group of somatic, cognitive and psychosocial symptoms, which occur in patients with head trauma, generally of mild severity. It is the neuropsychiatric postraumatic disorder more prevalent in the field of forensic medicine. DEVELOPMENT: Classical authors (Lishamn and Barraquer, for ...
Women experience a high prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders, and comorbidity of mood and anxiety disorders is highly prevalent. Both mood and anxiety disorders disturb sleep, attention and, thereby, cognitive function. They result in a variety of somatic complaints. The mood disorder ...
To assess whether early changes in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 anxiety/somatization items predict remission in two controlled studies of Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) versus selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for major depressive disorder. The Hypericum Depression Trial Study Group (National Institute of Mental Health) randomized 340 ...
