TY - JOUR
T1 - Patients with medically unexplained symptoms
T2 - DSM-III diagnoses and demographic characteristics
AU - Slavney, Phillip R.
AU - Teitelbaum, Mark L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the house officers of the General Hospital Psychiatry Service for their assistance with the study, and Dr. [ohn Li~sey an> Dr. Ma&al Folstein for their comments on the manus&ipt. This study was supported in part by National institute of Mental Health Comprehensive institutional Training Grant (I-TO-I-MH17288-01).
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - This study reports DSM-III diagnoses and demographic characteristics of 100 patients consecutively referred to a university hospital consultation-liaison service for evaluation of medically unexplained symptoms suggesting physical disorders. Thirty-seven percent of patients received diagnoses of somatoform, dissociative, or factitious disorders, and 14% were felt to have psychologic factors affecting physical conditions. Although black and male patients were less often referred for medically unexplained symptoms, once referred they were more likely than white and female patients to receive diagnoses of somatoform, dissociative, or factitious disorders. Among patients with somatoform disorders, those with conversion disorder and somatization disorder tended to be young women, whereas those with psychogenic pain disorder were older and equally likely to be male or female.
AB - This study reports DSM-III diagnoses and demographic characteristics of 100 patients consecutively referred to a university hospital consultation-liaison service for evaluation of medically unexplained symptoms suggesting physical disorders. Thirty-seven percent of patients received diagnoses of somatoform, dissociative, or factitious disorders, and 14% were felt to have psychologic factors affecting physical conditions. Although black and male patients were less often referred for medically unexplained symptoms, once referred they were more likely than white and female patients to receive diagnoses of somatoform, dissociative, or factitious disorders. Among patients with somatoform disorders, those with conversion disorder and somatization disorder tended to be young women, whereas those with psychogenic pain disorder were older and equally likely to be male or female.
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U2 - 10.1016/0163-8343(85)90006-4
DO - 10.1016/0163-8343(85)90006-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 3967820
AN - SCOPUS:0021972032
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 7
SP - 21
EP - 25
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -