It has been suggested that serotonergic hypofunction and serotonergic pathway genes underlie the somatic symptoms of somatoform disorders. We examined a variety of serotonin-related gene polymorphisms to determine whether undifferentiated somatoform disorder is associated with specific serotonin-related gene pathways. Serotonin-related polymorphic markers were assessed using single nucleotide p...

OBJECTIVE To describe the assessment and treatment of severe functional impairment in a young female adolescent with somatoform pain disorder. METHODS Treatment included an inpatient hospital admission using a rehabilitation approach and behavior modification program. Standardized assessment of functional impairment and health-related quality of life was performed at baseline and follow-up. D...

Patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) would have a greater prevalence of treatable psychiatric disorders, higher scores on measures of psychiatric symptomatology and characteristic symptoms distinguishing them from those with duodenal ulcer (DU). The aim of the work is to study the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and somatic symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia and in comparison...

BACKGROUND Previous findings have shown a high degree of comorbid psychopathology in chronic low back pain (CLBP), but less is known about the broad range of comorbid psychiatric disorders. The prevalence is reported to be between 40% and 100% depending on methods being used, sample or setting. AIMS To assess the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in a population of CLBP patients, using a ...

BACKGROUND The concept of facial emotion recognition is well established in various neuropsychiatric disorders. Although emotional disturbances are strongly associated with somatoform disorders, there are a restricted number of studies that have investigated facial emotion recognition in somatoform disorders. Furthermore, there have been no studies that have regarded this issue using the new di...

A brief review of the cross-cultural literature on dissociative and somatoform disorders with emphasis on US Hispanic populations has been provided. A brief description of the psychopathology of somatizing syndromes has been given as have some critiques of current nosologic systems. Cultural influences that may color the expression of somatic manifestations have been outlined. Although it is of...

background: the experience of infertility can be extremely stressful and associated with a range of psychiatric problems in infertile women. generally; some of the risk factors which may lead to psychiatric problem are repeated unsuccessful treatment of infertility, low socioeconomic status, lack of partner support, being female, life events, etc. objective: in this study, we have analyzed the ...

All doctors have encountered patients whose symptoms they cannot explain. These individuals frequently provoke despair and disillusionment. Many doctors make a link between inexplicable physical symptoms and assumed psychiatric ill­ ness. An array of adjectives in medicine apply to symptoms without established organic basis – ‘supratentorial’, ‘psychosomatic’, ‘functional’ – and these are somet...