Depression and Somatic Symptoms in a Non-Western Physician

Because of the high prevalence and association of somatic symptoms in depression, a holistic treatment plan that also targets the associated somatic symptoms can be the cornerstone for such patients. In this paper, we present the case of a 53-year-old male physician with depression associated with t...

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Autores principales: Oh, Philip, Lin, Kai-Wei, Norton, John W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7925251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33680589
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13043
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description Because of the high prevalence and association of somatic symptoms in depression, a holistic treatment plan that also targets the associated somatic symptoms can be the cornerstone for such patients. In this paper, we present the case of a 53-year-old male physician with depression associated with the somatic symptoms of dysphagia. The initial failure in treating his swallowing defect led to the deterioration in his condition. Moreover, his unique history, complicated by multifactorial life stressors, also raises the attention that there are a variety of presentations of depression. 
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spelling pubmed-79252512021-03-04 Depression and Somatic Symptoms in a Non-Western Physician Oh, Philip Lin, Kai-Wei Norton, John W Cureus Psychiatry Because of the high prevalence and association of somatic symptoms in depression, a holistic treatment plan that also targets the associated somatic symptoms can be the cornerstone for such patients. In this paper, we present the case of a 53-year-old male physician with depression associated with the somatic symptoms of dysphagia. The initial failure in treating his swallowing defect led to the deterioration in his condition. Moreover, his unique history, complicated by multifactorial life stressors, also raises the attention that there are a variety of presentations of depression.  Cureus 2021-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7925251/ /pubmed/33680589 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13043 Text en Copyright © 2021, Oh et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7925251/
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