| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10469730 | Journal of Psychosomatic Research | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Our data support a biopsychosocial approach to somatic symptoms rather than the dualistic approach of identifying “medically unexplained” symptoms. The risk factors for total somatic symptom count were those associated with psychiatric disorders including physical illness. A persistent high somatic symptom count provides a readily measured dimension of importance in epidemiology as a predictor of health status.
Related Topics
Life Sciences
Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry
Authors
Francis H. Creed, Ian Davies, Judy Jackson, Alison Littlewood, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Barbara Tomenson, Gary Macfarlane, Arthur Barsky, Wayne Katon, John McBeth,