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Somatization in the population: from mild bodily misperceptions to disabling symptoms

Somatization in the population: from mild bodily misperceptions to disabling symptoms Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2006) 41:704–712 DOI 10.1007/s00127-006-0082-y ORIGINAL PAPER Wolfgang Hiller Æ Winfried Rief Æ Elmar Brahler Somatization in the population: from mild bodily misperceptions to disabling symptoms Accepted: 21 April 2006 / Published online: 22 June 2006 j Abstract Objective This study investigates the are below clinical relevance with only low level of prevalence of current somatization in the population impairment. Epidemiological correlates are similar by taking different levels of symptom severity into between clinical and non-clinical forms of somati- account. Somatization is described along a contin- zation. uum from mild and negligible bodily misperceptions to severe and disabling somatoform symptoms. j Key words somatization – somatoform disorders Methods A representative sample of 2.552 persons in – symptom severity – population survey – prevalence Germany was examined with a screening instrument for medically unexplained physical complaints that had occurred during the past 7 days. All 53 symptoms from the ICD-10/DSM-IV sections of Introduction somatoform disorders were included. Results 81.6% reported at least one symptom causing at least mild Bodily discomfort not caused by medical disease impairment and 22.1% at least one symptom causing seems to be a ubiquitous phenomenon of human life. severe impairment. The entire sample http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2006 by Steinkopff Verlag Darmstadt
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Medicine & Public Health; Psychiatry
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0933-7954
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1433-9285
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10.1007/s00127-006-0082-y
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2006) 41:704–712 DOI 10.1007/s00127-006-0082-y ORIGINAL PAPER Wolfgang Hiller Æ Winfried Rief Æ Elmar Brahler Somatization in the population: from mild bodily misperceptions to disabling symptoms Accepted: 21 April 2006 / Published online: 22 June 2006 j Abstract Objective This study investigates the are below clinical relevance with only low level of prevalence of current somatization in the population impairment. Epidemiological correlates are similar by taking different levels of symptom severity into between clinical and non-clinical forms of somati- account. Somatization is described along a contin- zation. uum from mild and negligible bodily misperceptions to severe and disabling somatoform symptoms. j Key words somatization – somatoform disorders Methods A representative sample of 2.552 persons in – symptom severity – population survey – prevalence Germany was examined with a screening instrument for medically unexplained physical complaints that had occurred during the past 7 days. All 53 symptoms from the ICD-10/DSM-IV sections of Introduction somatoform disorders were included. Results 81.6% reported at least one symptom causing at least mild Bodily discomfort not caused by medical disease impairment and 22.1% at least one symptom causing seems to be a ubiquitous phenomenon of human life. severe impairment. The entire sample

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Published: Jun 22, 2006

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