Somatization in Family Practice

Preventing 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...

Somatization in response to undiagnosed obsessive compulsive disorder in a family

BACKGROUND Somatization is a common problem in primary care and often presents puzzling problems for the family physician. A family or contextual approach is often useful in investigating and treating refractory symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION A 63 year-old patient presented to his family physician with recurrent episodes of syncope, weakness and various other somatic symptoms. Lengthy clinical i...

Depression, Anxiety and Somatization in Women with War Missing Family Members

INTRODUCTION During the war circumstances, women and children are exposed to multiple traumatic experiences, one of which is an violent disappearance of a family member. GOAL The aim of this research was to establish the presence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and somatization in women in Bosnia and Herzegovina who have sought their war missing family members for 15 to 18 years. SUBJECT...

Developing family practice in Kuwait.

ROBIN C FRASER of oil, some 50 years ago, it has undergone phenomenal change. Its population has expanded rapidly, mainly through immigration (Table 1);' only 40% are Kuwaiti, with the remainder mostly from other Arab countries. Its age structure differs markedly from the UK:2 compared with the UK it has double the proportion of those aged under 15 years and only one 10th the proportion of thos...

Psychological Medicine in Family Practice