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17041767

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15-16
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
Medically unexplained symptoms and bodily dysfunctions are the single most prevalent class of symptoms in primary care. Differences in opinion as to the cause of the illness between the patients and the health care professionals make somatoform disorders a challenge for the patient-doctor relationship, and frequently produce negative feelings in health care professionals. The patients are usually reluctant to consider psychosocial aspects of their illness to be a factor. Early recognition of patients with somatization tendencies would be beneficial so that more effective treatment could begin sooner and unnecessary treatment be avoided. In order not to reinforce the patient's symptomatology, physicians should schedule appointments in a time contingent rather than a symptom contingent manner. Repetition of different tests should be avoided despite patients' demands in order not to further exacerbate the disorder. In many patients, psychotherapy should be recommended, although motivational work should already be initiated at the primary care stage.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0043-5341
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
156
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
431-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
[Doctor shopping: the difficult-to-manage patient].
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. martina.dezwaan@psych.imed.uni-erlangen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract