BACKGROUND The term'medically unexplained symptoms' is used to cover a wide range of
persistent bodily complaints for which adequate examination and appropriate investigations …

Background: Patients with persistent medically unexplained symptoms often exhibit general
dysfunction and psychiatric comorbidity and frequently resist psychiatric referral. The aim of …

Objective The primary objective of this study was to investigate if among medical inpatients
their health service use was associated with 1) presence and type of mental disorders, 2) …

This is the third edition, revised for the DSM-IV, of the one volume, standard, comprehensive
text on the treatment of psychiatric disorders-spanning the biological, psychological and …

Psychosocial intervention has been found to be related to subsequent reductions in health
care use. Studies generally measure this “offset effect” by combining medical use categories …

Recent publications have attempted to clarify the need for liaison psychiatry. Recent
randomized, controlled trials indicate the efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy in chronic …

To investigate the compliance of family members with the treatment recommended for
patients, three child and adolescent psychiatrists assessed the charts of all active …

Objective: The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of a psychiatric consultation
intervention in terms of changes in 1) the patients' psychological symptoms, and 2) …

In a randomized, controlled design, the effect of psychiatric consultation intervention in
medical outpatients with low-back pain (N= 104) was assessed for the patients' subjective …

Tiivistelmä Yleissairaalapsykiatria toimii somaattisen ja psykiatrisen sairaanhoidon
välimaastossa yhdistäen potilaiden hoitoon sekä psykiatrisen että somaattisen lääketieteen …