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British journal of psychiatry, 2014-04, Vol.204 (4), p.322-323
Ort / Verlag
London: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
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Quelle
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Duration is important but may not predict number of subsequent doctor visits. 1 Severity is important and five of our studies used questionnaires (including the Patient Health Questionnaire-15) which assessed the degree of bothersomeness of each somatic symptom, a subjective measure of severity. The correlates, or predictors, of healthcare use are somewhat different for past use and future use. 5,6 One paper made the intriguing, but plausible, suggestion that frequent visits to the physician could increase health anxiety and precipitate more somatic symptoms rather than the other way round. 6 Further prospective studies using well-validated questionnaires are needed. 7 Funding The American Psychiatric Association funded this study. Declaration of interest F.C. has been a member of the American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 workgroup on somatic distress disorders and is a member of the World HealthOrganization ICD-11 working group on the classification of somatic distressand dissociative disorders. 1 Fiddler M Jackson J Kapur N Wells A, Creed F Childhood adversity and frequent medicalconsultations.