K Kroenke - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric …, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com Somatic symptoms are the leading cause of outpatient medical visits and also the
predominant reason why patients with common mental disorders such as depression
and anxiety initially present in primary care. At least 33% of somatic ... Cited by 133 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►open-resource-project.org [PDF] P Salmon, GM Hall - Social Science & Medicine, 2003 - Elsevier The discourse of the patient as an active agent in managing illness and health
care has become very important in medicine. It is seen in the significance
attached to patient empowerment and participation, and in the burgeoning ... Cited by 67 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►psychiatryonline.org AA Khan, A Khan, J Harezlak, W Tu, K … - Psychosomatics, 2003 - Acad Psychosom Med Although somatic complaints are the predominant reason for seeking general
medical care, their etiology and prognosis remain poorly understood. In a random
sample of the records of all patients visiting an urban primary care clinic ... Cited by 57 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
K Kroenke - Focus, 2009 - Am Psychiatric Assoc Objective: To review the evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that
have focused on the treatment of patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders, 4 th Edition (DSM-IV) somatoform disorders. Although ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov RC Smith, C Lein, C Collins, JS Lyles, B … - Journal of general internal medicine, 2003 - Springer BACKGROUND: There are no proven, comprehensive treat- ments in primary care for
patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) even though these patients
have high levels of psychosocial distress, medical disability, costs, and ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
JT Young - Sociology of Health and Illness, 2004 - interscience.wiley.com AbstractSociologists have researched the subject of illness behaviour for more
than five decades. Recently the discussion has taken on new importance because
of changes in the delivery of health care and the emergence of patients' ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
K Kroenke - Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry, 2003 - jclinpsychiatry.com Somatic symptoms account for over half of all primary care visits and are often
medically unex- plained as well as chronic or recurrent. Unexplained,
persistent, or multiple somatic symptoms are frequently a marker for an ... Cited by 35 - Related articles - View as HTML
K Kroenke, JGM Rosmalen - Medical Clinics of North America, 2006 - Elsevier The epidemiology of physical symptoms has been reviewed recently [1] and [2].
Symptoms account for more than half of all outpatient encounters or, in the
United States alone, nearly 400 million clinic visits annually. About one ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - All 4 versions
AD Wasan, J Wootton, RN Jamison - Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 2005 - Elsevier An estimated 10% to 60% of patients treated in health-care settings exhibit
“difficult behavior.” 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 Pain patients can be especially
difficult because they have a tendency to be angry, argumentative, ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - All 6 versions
