Background: While physical symptoms are the leading reason for outpatient visits, a
substantial proportion of physical complaints and" minor" illnesses remain poorly …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of mental disorders in rural primary care office
practice. DESIGN: Patient interview; chart review. SETTING: Two rural primary care office …

Physical symptoms in primary care. Predictors of psychiatric disorders and functional
impairment. - Abstract - Europe PMC Sign in | Create an account https://orcid.org Europe PMC …

Data from Wave 1 of the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area
study were used to examine how functional somatic symptoms and other psychiatric …

Do large proportions of the general population show psychiatric symptomatology resembling
that seen in psychiatric patients? Responses by 248 adult leader, community sample, and …

The epidemiology of physical symptoms has been reviewed recently [1, 2]. Symptoms
account for more than half of all outpatient encounters or, in the United States alone, nearly …

Based on data from the five sites of the National Institute of Mental Health-sponsored
Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Program, this paper examines the prevalence of …

The 1990s saw significant advances in the diagnosis and management of psychiatric
disorders, including a better understanding of the presentation and treatment of these …

Background Most research on the prevalence of mental disorders in primary care has been
conducted in practices that serve middle-and upper-income patients. Objective To determine …

Fourteen common physical symptoms are responsible for almost half of all primary care
visits. Only about 10% to 15% of these symptoms are found to be caused by an organic …