07 November 2024
Dr. Elizabeth Pepper Director of Neurology and Snr Staff Specialist in Neurology
Dr Haldane Begg Consultant Psychiatrist
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Somatic symptom disorder: Epidemiology, clinical features, and course of illness
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Stieler, Melissa et al. Somatic symptom severity association with healthcare utilization and costs in surgical inpatients with an episode of abdominal pain. BJS open vol. 6,4 (2022): zrac046. doi:10.1093/bjsopen/zrac046
Alsma, Jelmer et al. Medically unexplained physical symptoms in patients visiting the emergency department: an international multicentre retrospective study. European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine vol. 26,4 (2019): 249-254. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000536
Garde, Vidula et al. Functional somatic symptoms in Emergency Department frequent presenters. BMC emergency medicine vol. 24,1 122. 18 Jul. 2024, doi:10.1186/s12873-024-01030-w
Alsma, Jelmer et al. Medically unexplained physical symptoms in patients visiting the emergency department: an international multicentre retrospective study. European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine vol. 26,4 (2019): 249-254. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000536
Alsma, Jelmer et al. SHAPE: Support for Health Anxiety at the Prince of Wales Hospital – An Exploratory Study
Newby, Jill M et al.The effectiveness of internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for health anxiety in routine care. Journal of affective disorders vol. 264 (2020): 535-542. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.087
Greeven, Anja et al.Cognitive behavior therapy and paroxetine in the treatment of hypochondriasis: a randomized controlled trial. The American journal of psychiatry vol. 164,1 (2007): 91-9. doi:10.1176/ajp.2007.164.1.91
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Greeven, Anja et al.Cognitive behavior therapy and paroxetine in the treatment of hypochondriasis: a randomized controlled trial. The American journal of psychiatry vol. 164,1 (2007): 91-9. doi:10.1176/ajp.2007.164.1.91
Fallon, Brian A et al.A Randomized Controlled Trial of Medication and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Hypochondriasis. The American journal of psychiatry vol. 174,8 (2017): 756-764. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16020189
Somatic symptom disorder: Treatment
Fergus, Thomas A et al.Examining the Whiteley Index-6 as a screener for DSM-5 presentations of severe health anxiety in primary care. Journal of psychosomatic research vol. 127 (2019): 109839. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109839
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