A randomized clinical trial of a care recommendation letter intervention for somatization in primary care

WP Dickinson, LM Dickinson, FV deGruy… - The Annals of Family …, 2003 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE This paper describes the impact of a care recommendation (CR) letter
intervention on patients with multisomatoform disorder (MSD) and analysis of patient factors …

The somatization in primary care study: a tale of three diagnoses

WP Dickinson, LM Dickinson, FV degruy… - General hospital …, 2003 - Elsevier
Somatization is a common phenomenon that has been defined in many ways. The two most
widely used diagnoses, Somatization Disorder (SD) and Abridged Somatization Disorder …

[HTML][HTML] A symptom checklist to screen for somatoform disorders in primary care

K Kroenke, RL Spitzer, FV deGruy III, R Swindle - Psychosomatics, 1998 - Elsevier
Current DSM-IV somatoform diagnoses may inadequately capture many somatizing patients
in primary care. By using data from two studies (1,000 and 258 patients, respectively), the …

Multisomatoform disorder: an alternative to undifferentiated somatoform disorder for the somatizing patient in primary care

K Kroenke, RL Spitzer, FV DeGruy… - Archives of General …, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Background: For clinical or research use in primary care, theDSM-IVdiagnostic criteria for
somatization disorder are too restrictive, while the criteria for undifferentiated somatoform …

Primary care physicians treat somatization

RC Smith, JC Gardiner, Z Luo, S Schooley… - Journal of general …, 2009 - Springer
BACKGROUND We hypothesized that somatizing patients managed by primary care
physicians (PCP) would improve with a relationship-based intervention. METHODS We …

Differentiation of somatizing patients in primary care: why the effects of treatment are always moderate

A Schweickhardt, A Larisch… - The Journal of nervous …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
The heterogeneity of somatizing patients influences outcomes, especially in unselected
samples in primary care. A cluster analysis was performed as secondary analysis on an …

A randomized controlled trial of brief training in the assessment and treatment of somatization in primary care: effects on patient outcome

M Rosendal, F Olesen, P Fink, T Toft… - General hospital …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate the effect of an educational program designed to
improve care for somatizing patients in primary care. METHOD: Evaluation was performed …

An analysis of panel data: the impact of a psychiatric consultation letter on the expenditures and outcomes of care for patients with somatization disorder

TM Kashner, K Rost, GR Smith, S Lewis - Medical Care, 1992 - JSTOR
In this study, the cost and health outcomes of a psychiatric consultation letter to primary care
physicians caring for a sample of patients diagnosed with somatization disorder, a …

A trial of the effect of a standardized psychiatric consultation on health outcomes and costs in somatizing patients

GR Smith, K Rost, TM Kashner - Archives of general psychiatry, 1995 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Patients who somatize but who do not meet criteria for somatization disorder
are common in the community. Virtually no research has been conducted to determine how …

Somatization in primary care: prevalence, health care utilization, and general practitioner recognition

P Fink, L Sørensen, M Engberg, M Holm… - Psychosomatics, 1999 - Elsevier
To study the prevalence of somatoform disorders (SDs) in primary care, a questionnaire
including the modified 25-item version of the Symptom Checklist-90 was administered to …