This research is conducted to determine the relation between symptoms of premenstrual term nurses who work in Kars and predisposition somatization. a cross-sectional research. The population this are consisted 108 Kafkas University Training Research Hospital process study. Any sample from not selected however 87 proper for study criterias present at time participated voluntarily. During data co...

BACKGROUND Childhood experiences profoundly affect later functioning as an adult. Family practitioners are well-placed to discover the links between childhood troubles and later somatization, depression or anxiety. OBJECTIVES We aimed to study the interrelation of somatization, depressive and anxiety disorders in frequently attending patients in general practice; to investigate whether these ...

Many patients with somatoform disorders are frequently encountered in psychosomatic clinics as well as in primary care clinics. To assess such patients objectively, the concept of somatosensory amplification may be useful. Somatosensory amplification refers to the tendency to experience a somatic sensation as intense, noxious, and disturbing. It may have a role in a variety of medical condition...

Recent reports of provocative discography not only instill confusion, but also create numerous questions about its value in evaluating low back pain. It was reported that provocative discography produced pain in patients who were not suffering with low back pain but suffering with somatization disorder and depression. This study was designed to evaluate 50 randomly assigned patients, with 25 pa...

In discussions on the several methodological limitations in the assessment of alexithymia, uncertainty still remains about whether alexithymia and somatization are distinct constructs or whether they share overlapping symptomatology and constructs, as suggested by previous studies. In this study, 379 normal adults completed the newly developed 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and a sc...

Cor res pon den ce Ad dress/Ya z›fl ma Ad re si: Adem Aydın MD, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Van, Turkey E-mail: [email protected] Re cei ved/Ge liş ta ri hi: 13.10.2011 Ac cep ted/Ka bul ta ri hi: 07.11.2011 © Arc hi ves of Neu ropsy chi atry, pub lis hed by Ga le nos Pub lis hing / © Nö rop si ki yat ri Ar şi vi Der gi si, Ga le nos Ya yı ne vi ta ra f›n ...

BACKGROUND Unexplained somatic symptoms are common among trauma survivors. The relationship between trauma and somatization appears to be mediated by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, only few studies have focused on what other psychological risk factors may predispose a trauma victim towards developing somatoform symptoms. METHODS The present paper examines the predictive value ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate predictors of somatization and pain reactivity in childhood. METHODS Facial expressions of children undergoing inoculation were scored for pain reactivity. Measures of temperament, pain experience, pain models, parental behavior, and parental ability to decode pain were examined for their ability to predict pain reactivity and somatization in a structural modeling analys...

BACKGROUND Somatization is produced due to the summation of psychological factors, irrespective of the presence or absence of physical factors. A group of diseases with severe pain and other disorders exhibit so-called Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), and the characteristics of patients with MUS are largely unexplained. In this paper, the characteristics of a series of new patients with so...