Striving to live is fundamental for all living creatures, also among human beings. Suicidal
impulses and suicidal behaviour must be considered as disturbances of this fundamental …

Patients commonly present in primary care with symptoms for which no physical pathology
can be found. This study is a review of published research on medically unexplained …

Abstract Background General practitioners'(GPs) diagnostic skills lead to underidentification
of generalized anxiety disorders (GAD) and major depressive episodes (MDE). Supplement …

Objective There is only a small number of studies dealing with the prevalence of medically
unexplained symptoms and somatoform disorder in German primary care practices …

We review epidemiological studies of depression in Europe. Community surveys are
essential. Methodological differences in survey methods, instruments, nuances in language …

The aim of this study was to investigate the internal and external validity of the Whiteley
Index as a screening instrument for somatization illness. A 14-item version of the Whiteley …

To study the prevalence of somatoform disorders (SDs) in primary care, a questionnaire
including the modified 25-item version of the Symptom Checklist-90 was administered to …

OBJECTIVE: The narrow ICD-10 and DSM-IV definition of hypochondriasis makes it rarely
used yet does not prevent extensive diagnosis overlap. This study identified a distinct …

Simple screening questionnaires for major psychiatric disorders are needed for
epidemiological research and clinical work. We describe the characteristics of the Hopkins …

Physical symptoms with no organic basis should generally be regarded as a mechanism
that allows humans to respond to stressors in the same way that anxiety and depression …