OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship of somatization and depression with the degree of lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostate hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) and changes in psychometric profiles including somatization and depression after treatment of LUTS/BPH. METHODS Subjects were evaluated at baseline and at week 12 following routine treatment for LUTS/BPH using the Interna...

conclusions palpitation is the most common symptom in psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and somatization disorders. according to the results of this study, psychiatric causes have an important role in iranian patients complaining of palpitations (benign form). considering this fact may lead to a more effective treatment of benign palpitations. patients and methods this is a case-control stu...

There is a major need for an empirical evaluation of classification criteria for somatoform disorders. The present study analyzes psychometric properties of the existing criteria for somatization disorder. The full sample consisted of 324 patients seeking help because of "psychosomatic problems." Data from a subsample of carefully diagnosed patients with somatization syndrome (n = 76) and a cli...

Whilst alexithymia has been consistently linked to somatization, two prominent theoretical models lead to opposite predictions as to which of two proposed typologies of alexithymia will be particularly associated with somatic symptom reporting. In the present study, participants were recruited from a cross-section of the general adult population (n=301), and asked to complete a battery of self-...

Of late the concept of somatization is receiving great attention. Traditionally considered as the physician's bane and as one of the persistent problems of medical discipline , it b a commonly encountered clinical phenomenon both in psychiatric as well as non-psychiatric medical settings all over the world. In our own country a significant proportion of the precious and scarce medical resources...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether somatization mediates the relationship of coping styles and internalizing problems with abdominal pain. METHODS 230 school children (M age = 11.80 years; 43.8% male; 21.3% White) completed measures of coping style, anxiety, and depression early in the school year, and subsequently reported abdominal pain symptoms weekly. RESULTS The results showed (a) the associ...

Introduction Somatization, defined as a number of medically unexplained physical symptoms for many years, is resource-intensive condition with much suffering. Adult somatization has been linked to childhood trauma in both men and women. Among women, sexual affects level greater extent than nonsexual trauma. Early diagnosis disorder would be great help patients society. The purpose this scoping ...

Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with mental health symptoms. Objective: to screen symptoms by validating factor structure of screening test related sociodemographic variables during pandemic. Method: we worked 36,811 Mexican (M = 34 years; SD 11.68), 61.8% (22,743) women, 15.3% (5,643) losing loved ones, 12.7% (4,683) having a condition, and 8.22% (3,027) sought remote psychol...

The objective of this study was to determine the association between temporomandibular disorders (TMD) with depression, somatization and sleep in city Maringá, Brazil. A total 1,643 participants were selected from Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). Of these, test group consisted 84 who had moderate or severe limitations due TMD pain control 1,048 no pain. There a highly statistically signif...