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Somatization, hysteria, or incompletely explained symptoms?
I n this month's In Review section, all the contributors—Dr François Mai (1), Dr Laurence Kirmayer and colleagues (2), and I—wrestle with the seemingly intractable and endlessly interesting topic of body–mind relations. In the first review article, Dr Mai lays out the justification for a diagnostic category of somatization disorder. He recognizes that the standard monistic approach that accepts...
متن کاملPreventing somatization
Countless cross-sectional surveys of primary and secondary care have demonstrated the ubiquitous nature of medically unexplained symptoms. If grouping diverse symptoms under one heading is appropriate, they account for over half of all new presentations in secondary medical care (Nimnuan et al. 2001a) and a sizeable proportion of ‘frequent attenders ’ in secondary care have predominantly medica...
متن کاملMindfulness therapy for somatization disorder and functional somatic syndromes: randomized trial with one-year follow-up.
OBJECTIVE To conduct a feasibility and efficacy trial of mindfulness therapy in somatization disorder and functional somatic syndromes such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic fatigue syndrome, defined as bodily distress syndrome (BDS). METHODS We randomized 119 patients to either mindfulness therapy (mindfulness-based stress reduction and some cognitive behavioral therapy ...
متن کاملStandardization of a screening instrument (PHQ-15) for somatization syndromes in the general population
BACKGROUND The PHQ-15 is widely used as an open access screening instrument for somatization syndromes in different health care settings, thus far, normative data from the general population are not available. The objectives of the study were to generate normative data and to further investigate the construct validity of the PHQ-15 in the general population. METHODS Nationally representative ...
متن کاملPathogenesis of familial periodic fever syndromes or hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes.
Familial periodic fever syndromes, otherwise known as hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes, are inherited disorders characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and inflammation. The general hypothesis is that the innate immune response in these patients is wrongly tuned, being either too sensitive to very minor stimuli or turned off too late. The genetic background of the major familial perio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1423-0348,0033-3190
DOI: 10.1159/000288867