OBJECTIVE To compare causal illness beliefs between patients with unexplained physical symptoms and different comorbid disorders and to assess the association of causal illness beliefs with illness behavior. METHODS We examined a sample of 233 patients attending treatment in primary care. Inclusion criteria were "unexplained physical symptoms." All patients were investigated using structured ...

PURPOSE Because recognition and management of patients with somatoform disorders are difficult, we wanted to determine the specificity, sensitivity, and the test-retest reliability of the 15-symptom Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) for detection of somatoform disorders in a high-risk primary care population. METHODS We studied the performance of the PHQ-15 in comparison with the Structur...

Patients with somatoform disorders can be significantly impacted by the condition and there is often comorbid depression anxiety. In cases that are treatment resistant, disorder persisting despite intensive psychological input numerous psychotropic medications, use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been considered a possible option. Here, authors report case such patient who responded to E...

When in need of medical treatment, Korean citizens have a choice of practitioners of western medicine (WM) or Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM). However, the two branches frequently conflict with one another, particularly with regard to mental disorders. This study was designed to compare the utilization of WM and TKM, focusing on child/adolescent patients with mental disorders. We analyzed F-c...

The review presents the results of clinical studies efficacy and safety Tenoten children’s in treatment anxiety, neurotic, stress-related somatoform disorders adjustment disorders. Technologically processed antibodies to S100 protein drugs change conformation protein, which is considered as a pathological link development anxiety states, well neurodegenerative diseases. well-studied daytime anx...

The Somatic Signal Detection Task (SSDT) is a recent paradigm serving to examine perceptual processes likely relevant for somatoform disorders. We tested whether touch illusions are more easily induced in individuals suffering from somatoform disorders (SFD) and whether their perceptual threshold for tactile stimuli is lower compared to healthy controls. Thirty-three participants with SFD and 3...