Background Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are physical symptoms for
which no adequate medical explanation can be found after proper examination. The …

Background Somatoform disorders are characterised by chronic, medically unexplained
physical symptoms (MUPS). Although different medications are part of treatment routines for …

BACKGROUND: Somatoform disorders are characterised by chronic, medically unexplained
physical symptoms (MUPS). Although different medications are part of treatment routines for …

Background This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to update and give an
overview of the evidence from published literature that focused on the efficacy of cognitive …

OBJECTIVE: January 2011, the Dutch Multidisciplinary Guideline for Medically Unexplained
Symptoms (MUPS) and Somatoform Disorder (SD) was published. The aim was to set a …

Background The literature contains variable figures on the prevalence of somatoform
disorders and medically unexplained symptoms in primary care. Methods The pertinent …

Objective: To review published literature for the highest level of evidence on the efficacy of
treatment for patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Methods: A comprehensive …

Purpose Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) currently constitute the main diagnostic
criterion of somatoform disorders. It has been proposed that the required dichotomization of …

Objective Patients presenting with multiple medically unexplained physical symptoms,
termed polysymptomatic somatizers, often incur excessive healthcare charges and fail to …

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 …