DSM–IV pain disorder in the general population

Specific somatoform disorder in the general population.

The authors assessed the validity of the recently proposed diagnosis for specific somatoform disorder in the general population. German versions of the DSM-IV adapted Composite International Diagnostic Interview were administered to a representative sample of 4075 individuals. Multivariate analyses were used to compare impairment, life satisfaction, and use of health care. A total of 803 of 407...

DSM-IV pain disorder in the general population. An exploration of the structure and threshold of medically unexplained pain symptoms.

BACKGROUND Despite an abundance of questionnaire data, the prevalence of clinically significant and medically unexplained pain syndromes in the general population has rarely been examined with a rigid personal-interview methodology. OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of pain syndromes and DSM-IV pain disorder in the general population and the association with other mental disorders, as well ...

Panic disorder in the emergency department chest pain population

Debt, income and mental disorder in the general population.

BACKGROUND The association between poor mental health and poverty is well known but its mechanism is not fully understood. This study tests the hypothesis that the association between low income and mental disorder is mediated by debt and its attendant financial hardship. METHOD The study is a cross-sectional nationally representative survey of private households in England, Scotland and Wale...

Hyper Mobility and Low Back Pain in the Athletic Population

Objectives: It is important to recognize any risk factors for the development of injuries in the athletic population. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between joint hyper mobility and low back pain in Iranian hyper mobile and non-hyper mobile athletes. Methods: 50 athletic patients with low back pain (age=23.20±12.79 years) and 51 healthy athletes (age=24.28&pl...