Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Known as: Symptoms, Somatic, Symptom, Somatic, Medically Unexplained Symptom 
Persistent health symptoms which remain unexplained after a complete medical evaluation. A cluster of symptoms that consistently appear together but… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity.
OBJECTIVE To develop simple, practical criteria for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia that are suitable for use in primary and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Medically unexplained symptoms in primary care
An estimated 15–30% of all primary care consul­ tations are for medically unexplained symptoms (Kirmayer et al, 2004). Patients… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
What Do Patients Choose to Tell Their Doctors? Qualitative Analysis of Potential Barriers to Reattributing Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Despite both parties often expressing dissatisfaction with consultations, patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS… (More)
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2007
Review
2007
Explaining medically unexplained symptoms-models and mechanisms.
We summarize the psychological mechanisms that have been linked to the development and maintenance of medically unexplained… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
'I just want permission to be ill': towards a sociology of medically unexplained symptoms.
A significant proportion of symptoms are medically unexplained. People experience illness but no pathological basis for the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Primary care clinicians treat patients with medically unexplained symptoms
OBJECTIVE: There is no proven primary care treatment for patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). We hypothesized that… (More)
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Explaining medically unexplained symptoms.
Patients with medically unexplained symptoms comprise from 15% to 30% of all primary care consultations. Physicians often assume… (More)
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2004
Review
2004
Psychological mechanisms of medically unexplained symptoms: an integrative conceptual model.
Theories of medically unexplained illness based on the concepts of dissociation, conversion, and somatization are summarized… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
An international study of the relation between somatic symptoms and depression.
BACKGROUND AND METHODS Patients with depression, particularly those seen by primary care physicians, may report somatic symptoms… (More)
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
A scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire.
This study reports the factor structure of the symptoms comprising the General Health Questionnaire when it is completed in a… (More)
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