BACKGROUND Little is known about the comparability of outpatients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and patients with IBS in primary care with regard to severity of complaints, perceived limitations, other aspects of the complaints, and sex differences. AIMS To compare outpatients with IBS with primary care patients with IBS. PATIENTS One hundred and nine patients with IBS were recruited ...

Background—Little is known about the comparability of outpatients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and patients with IBS in primary care with regard to severity of complaints, perceived limitations, other aspects of the complaints, and sex diVerences. Aims—To compare outpatients with IBS with primary care patients with IBS. Patients—One hundred and nine patients with IBS were recruited from ...

BACKGROUND Individuals with somatic preoccupation constitute a substantial number of primary care patients. Somatically preoccupied patients are challenging to primary care physicians for several reasons including patient complaints consuming a great deal of physician time, expense to diagnose and treat and strain on the physician-patient relationship. This paper examines and discusses how disr...

Traumatized adolescents have pervasive problems with self-regulation and often have difficulties in languagebased treatment models. This paper provides preliminary empirical support for the efficacy of Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART), a treatment model which targets somatic regulation as an avenue to behavioral and emotional regulation. A case vignette illustrates the interve...

Factors such as anxiety, depression, somatic awareness, autonomic symptoms, and differences in coping strategies are known to affect dizziness handicap. We studied these factors in 63 consecutive "dizzy" patients. This sample was subgrouped into normals and patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, compensated and uncompensated unilateral peripheral vestibular system impairment, or ab...

The research implements a Case-based Reasoning method into an expert system to help mechanical team in an automobile service station in relation with making a specific decision to address customer complaints. A number of mechanistic criteria and potential alternatives are designed, using knowledge-based as a system backbone which is elaborated into four main general phases known as retrieving s...

Purpose – This paper explores the nature of complaint satisfaction with particular emphasis on the qualities and behaviors that male and female customers value during personal complaint handling service encounters. Design/Methodology/Approach – A semi-standardized qualitative technique called laddering was used to reveal the cognitive structures of complaining female and male customers. In tota...

Background and Objectives: The relationship between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) somatic symptoms the role of comorbid depression anxiety has been demonstrated in many studies. following research explores to what extent influence PTSD complaints Georgian peacekeepers.
 Design Methods: Checklist (PCL-5) for Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Patie...

Background COVID-19 neurological manifestations were demonstrated during the pandemic, including cognitive impairment. Objectives: To determine prevalence of and behavioral complaints (such as dementia, MCI or SCD) in a outpatient sample with recent SARS-COV2 infection. Specific: Evaluate association impairment presence polymorphism found APOE gene respiratory disease Method Observational, long...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to assess levels of somatic and mental health distress, well-being, AS WELL AS utilization of primary and specialist health care services among war-related widowed and non-widowed female civilian survivors of war. METHODS 100 war-related widowed lone mothers and 106 non-widowed mothers who had experienced the Kosovo war ten years previously participated in ...