Abstract Background In this study, it is aimed to determine the relationship between sociocultural adaptation levels and mental states of women who fled their countries due war settled in Turkey. context, study was carried out with descriptive, cross-sectional, relational design. 948 refugee living Turkey were interviewed. Personal information form, Brief Symptom Inventory, Sociocultural Adapta...

The personality traits neuroticism and alexithymia have been hypothesized as predisposing factors for somatization. Stability over time is a basic assumption underlying any trait construct. Although there are considerable (and sometimes conflicting) data relevant to this issue, the stability of neuroticism and alexithymia has not been assessed in somatization. The main purpose of this study was...

BACKGROUND Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) has been used effectively to treat a variety of physical and psychological disorders, including depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. Recently, several lines of research have explored the potential for mindfulness-therapy in treating somatization disorders, including fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and irritable bowel syndrome. METHODS Thirt...

BACKGROUND Research has demonstrated a bidirectional relationship between physical function and depression, but studies on their association in migrant populations are scarce. We examined the association between mental health symptoms and mobility limitation in Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland. METHODS We used data from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study (Maamu). Th...

background: neck and shoulder pains are the prevalent complaints among computer office workers. the purpose of this study was to assess the relationship of somatization tendency, expectation of pain, mental health and beliefs about causation of pain with persistence of neck/shoulder pains among computer office workers. methods: this research is a kind of prospective cohort study with 1‑year fol...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether psychiatric disturbances, particularly somatization, and an increased number of traumatic and critical life events, which have been found in women with idiopathic chronic pelvic pain (ICPP), can also be observed in women with chronic pelvic pain and abdominal adhesions (ACPP). METHODS Forty women who underwent diagnostic laparoscop...