Journal:
:iranian journal of medical sciences
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ali firoozabadi research center for psychiatry and behavioral sciences, department of psychiatry, hafez hospital, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
shekoofeh seifsafari research center for psychiatry and behavioral sciences, department of psychiatry, hafez hospital, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
ahmad ghanizadeh research center for psychiatry and behavioral sciences, department of psychiatry, hafez hospital, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
alireza salehi research center for traditional medicine and history of medicine, school of medicine, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
background: in some cultures, including ours, direct explanation of inner psychic world is inhibited and stigmatized, therefore finding alternative modes of expression. the aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the frequency of somatization in the depressed patients. methods: the present study comprised 500 patients referred to the outpatient clinic of shiraz university of medical sci...