BACKGROUND: Primary care patients with anxiety and depression often describe multiple
physical symptoms, but no systematic review has studied the effect of anxiety and …

Objectives The cross-cultural prevalence of somatization and the limitations of current
nosology and psychiatric theory for interpreting cultural variations in somatization are …

Background: Anxiety, although as common as depression, has received less attention and is
often undetected and undertreated. Objective: To determine the current prevalence …

Objective Somatization is prevalent in primary care and is associated with substantial
functional impairment and healthcare utilization. However, instruments for identifying and …

Background Patients with depression, particularly those seen by primary care physicians,
may report somatic symptoms, such as headache, constipation, weakness, or back pain …

This report on integrating mental health into primary care, which was developed jointly by
the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors …

OBJECTIVE: To determine diagnostic overlap of depression, anxiety and somatization as
well as their unique and overlapping contribution to functional impairment. METHOD: Two …

BACKGROUND: Despite the relative neglect of anxiety in older adults, the growing literature
on its prevalence suggests that anxiety is highly prevalent and associated with considerable …

Patients with medically unexplained symptoms comprise from 15% to 30% of all primary
care consultations. Physicians often assume that psychological factors account for these …

BACKGROUND: In order to clarify the classification of physical complaints not attributable to
verifiable, conventionally defined diseases, a new diagnosis of bodily distress syndrome …