Somatic Disorders
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Key Questions to Ask Patients With Somatic Symptom Disorder
Common symptoms in the disorder include persistent pain, dizziness, CV complaints, digestive disorders, and fatigue.
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Combat Exposure Increases Chronic Pain Among Women in the US Military
“The potential for higher rates of chronic pain in women veterans has been theorized to result from differences in support structures, family...
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Serious Mental Illness Tied to Multiple Physical Illnesses
Serious mental illness is associated with reduced life expectancy, and experts speculate that additional chronic illnesses — whether physical or...
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Psychosocial environmental factors may drive persistent childhood asthma
Groups of children exposed to bad trajectories of psychosocial factors were significantly more likely to have transient high and persistent high...
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Exercise improves physical and cognitive health in Down syndrome
Walking, which is easy and inexpensive, is recommended.
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CBT effectively treats sexual concerns in menopausal women
Though a small study, the findings confirm previous research results found in women with sexual concerns after gynecologic cancer.
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New tool accurately predicts suicide risk in serious mental illness
“It is also essential to remember that OxMIS is not intended to replace clinical decision-making, but rather to support it,” said Dr. Amir...
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Women with fear of pregnancy call for clinician compassion
“It’s not the pain of childbirth they are afraid of, but rather their fear comes out of a sense that they lack control over themselves and the...
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People really can get ‘hangry’ when hungry
The study is the first to investigate how hunger affects people’s emotions day to day.
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U.K. survey: Dermatologists want training in prescribing antipsychotics for delusional infestation
The survey of almost 80 dermatologists found that almost 90% had not prescribed antipsychotics in the previous month for patients with...
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Asian American teens have highest rate of suicidal ideation
Prepandemic survey finds that 24% of these adolescents had thought about or planned suicide – more than Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics.