| The changing faces of somatization. | |
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PMID: 2330395 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The prevalence of several diseases popularized by the media is examined in a group of 50 consecutive patients allegedly suffering from environmental hypersensitivity disorder. Ninety percent of patients reported suffering from at least one other "fashionable" condition, including food allergies that cause psychological symptoms, postinfectious neuromyasthenia, candidiasis hypersensitivity, and severe premenstrual syndrome. Each of the conditions named above was endorsed by at least 50% of patients. Multiple endorsements were common, and the patients' attribution of the etiology of their symptoms varied with time. Physicians must become adept at identifying and managing somatizing patients, and the public must be educated about somatization and provided with reliable information about "fashionable" illnesses. |
Authors:
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D E Stewart |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychosomatics Volume: 31 ISSN: 0033-3182 ISO Abbreviation: Psychosomatics Publication Date: 1990 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1990-05-31 Completed Date: 1990-05-31 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376506 Medline TA: Psychosomatics Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 153-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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Adult Female Humans Hypersensitivity / psychology* Male Middle Aged Neurasthenia / diagnosis, psychology* Risk Factors Sick Role* Social Environment* Somatoform Disorders / diagnosis, psychology* |
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