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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… Expand
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Review
2018
Review
2018
The role of inflammation in core features of depression: Insights from paradigms using exogenously-induced inflammation
HighlightsExogenously‐induced inflammation leads to expression of 3 features of depression.They are neural reactivity to negative… Expand
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Menopause in the workplace: What employers should be doing.
Large numbers of women transition through menopause whilst in paid employment. Symptoms associated with menopause may cause… Expand
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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
To develop simple, practical criteria for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia that are suitable for use in primary and specialty… Expand
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Review
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… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
'I just want permission to be ill': towards a sociology of medically unexplained symptoms.
  • S. Nettleton
  • Social science & medicine
  • 2006
    • Corpus ID: 41810439
A significant proportion of symptoms are medically unexplained. People experience illness but no pathological basis for the… Expand
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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… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Psychological mechanisms of medically unexplained symptoms: an integrative conceptual model.
  • R. Brown
  • Psychological bulletin
  • 2004
    • Corpus ID: 19304483
Theories of medically unexplained illness based on the concepts of dissociation, conversion, and somatization are summarized… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Sexual and physical abuse in women with functional or organic gastrointestinal disorders.
STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of a history of sexual and physical abuse in women seen in a referral-based… Expand
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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… Expand
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