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Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression

Psychosomatic Medicine · 2003 · Vol. 65(4) · pp. 528–533

Peter Henningsen✉(Heidelberg University)Thomas ZimmermannHeribert Sattel

Abstract

Meta-analytic integration confirms that the four functional somatic syndromes (IBS, NUD, FM, CFS) are related to (but not fully dependent on) depression and anxiety. At present, there is only limited meta-analytic evidence for the same sort of association for medically unexplained physical symptoms in general. In view of the relative independence from depression and anxiety, classification and treatment of these symptoms and syndromes as "common mental disorders" does not seem fully appropriate.

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Mental Health and PsychiatryIrritable bowel syndromeSomatizationAnxietyFibromyalgiaChronic fatigue syndromeDepression (economics)MedicinePsycINFOObservational studyPsychiatry

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AnxietyDepressionDyspepsiaFibromyalgiaHumansPatient Acceptance of Health CareSomatoform DisordersFatigue Syndrome, ChronicComorbidityIrritable Bowel Syndrome

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