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Solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms
Medically unexplained symptoms and chronic functional syndromes are common but few healthcare professionals have had formal training about their connection to psychosocial issues. A systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment based on experience with over 7000 of these patients is described. Outc...
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De Gruyter
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703533 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0029 |
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| description | Medically unexplained symptoms and chronic functional syndromes are common but few healthcare professionals have had formal training about their connection to psychosocial issues. A systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment based on experience with over 7000 of these patients is described. Outcomes improve with assessment for and treatment of current life stresses, the prolonged impact of adversity in childhood and somatic presentations of depression, post-traumatic stress, and anxiety disorders. |
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| spelling | pubmed-50310732016-10-04 Solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms Clarke, David D. Zdr Varst Editorial Medically unexplained symptoms and chronic functional syndromes are common but few healthcare professionals have had formal training about their connection to psychosocial issues. A systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment based on experience with over 7000 of these patients is described. Outcomes improve with assessment for and treatment of current life stresses, the prolonged impact of adversity in childhood and somatic presentations of depression, post-traumatic stress, and anxiety disorders. De Gruyter 2016-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5031073/ /pubmed/27703533 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0029 Text en © National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License. |
| spellingShingle | Editorial Clarke, David D. Solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms |
| title | Solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms |
| title_full | Solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms |
| title_fullStr | Solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms |
| title_short | Solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms |
| title_sort | solving medical mysteries: hidden stresses and unexplained symptoms |
| topic | Editorial |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703533 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0029 |
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