This review is a critical summary of research examining gender variations in clinical pain
experience. Gender-comparative pain research was identified through Medline and Psychlit …

Epidemiology is the branch of health science that focuses on investigations of the
distribution and determinants of disease or illness in defined populations. Epidemiological …

Objective We aimed to review the literature regarding epidemiology of functional abdominal
pain disorders in children and to assess its geographic, gender and age distribution …

Bullying in schools is a widespread phenomenon that has been largely ignored by
professional investigators. It is often a covert problem, but once it is put into the context of …

Little is known about the epidemiology of pain in children. We studied the prevalence of pain
in Dutch children aged from 0 to 18 years in the open population, and the relationship with …

Objective. The prevalence of psychiatric disorder in children and adolescents with functional
recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) is unknown. Our aim was to determine whether RAP is …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of somatic complaints with DSM-III-R-defined
depression, anxiety disorders, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and attention …

OBJECTIVE Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) of childhood is a common problem
encountered by clinicians. The aim of this study was to systematically review published …

Background: Medically unexplained physical symptoms, commonly referred to as functional
somatic symptoms (FSS), are common in pediatric medical settings and associated with …

Provides further evidence of the validity of the Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) and
normative information about the intensity, frequency, and types of somatic complaints …