Investigation of Mental Health in Patients with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms
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OBJECTIVE Medically unexplained symptoms are physical symptoms, which cannot be explained by organic causes. This study aimed to investigate mental health in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms. METHOD One hundred outpatients who were admitted to the Electro Diagnosis Clinic of Imam Khomeini hospital, Ahvaz/Iran, participated in this study. Data were collected using physical examination, paraclinical examinations, and SCL-90-R, and analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. RESULTS The findings revealed significant differences between clients with medically explained and unexplained symptoms in obsessive compulsive and somatization (p<0.05). Differences in depression, anxiety, phobia, psychosis, aggression and paranoia were not significant (p>0.05). CONCLUSION The present study suggested an association between some psychological problems and somatic symptoms. Therefore, screening for psychological impairments can improve clinical outcomes..
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