The phrase
"somatic complaints" refers to physical symptoms or discomfort that a person experiences in their body, such as pain, fatigue, or weakness.
Full definition
Some cultural groups would rather talk about their physical state and present
with somatic complaints (headache, trouble sleeping, fatigue, stomachache, etc.) that are better addressed first by a physician.
Internalising scores were formed from emotionally reactive, anxiously depressed, withdrawn and
somatic complaints subscales of the CBCL [3].
Results provide evidence that because fear of anxiety related phenomena and physiological symptoms of anxiety in particular may be normative in Latino culture anxiety sensitivity does not amplify
somatic complaints for Latin American and Colombian youth as it does for white non-Latino youth.
Common Etiological Sources of Anxiety, Depression, and
Somatic Complaints in Adolescents: A Multiple Rater twin Study.
Results indicate that intervention parents, reported changes in parents» awareness and regulation of emotion and emotion socialization practices and this resulted in reduced
youth somatic complaints compared to the control group at postintervention follow - up (see length below).
Anxiety can also result in physical difficulties such as sleeplessness, diarrhoea, stomach aches and headaches (sometimes referred to
as somatic complaints).
Family physician should have high index of suspicion to patients with
vague somatic complaints and the aforementioned socio - demographic factors.
More than one - third of the children in Judith Wallerstein's study showed acute depressive symptoms such as sleeplessness, restlessness, difficulty in concentrating, deep sighing, feelings of emptiness, compulsive overeating, and
various somatic complaints.
Youth also displayed decreases in aggressive behaviors, attention problems, rule breaking behaviors, anxiety, depression, thought problems, and
somatic complaints over the course of the project period, as measured by the CBCL.
The Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire (MSPQ) 16 is a 22 item measure of the frequency and breadth of
diffuse somatic complaints.
The 18 item short - version of the Children's Somatization Inventory (SOM, Walker et al. 1991; Garber et al. 1991) was used to measure children's
somatic complaints via parent.
Mindfulness exercises can also
address somatic complaints by facilitating the recognition of the link between emotions and physiology.
IBD onset during adolescence was associated with reports of
increased somatic complaints, t (47) = 2.38, p <.05, but no other differences in current adjustment (see Table II).
Greater levels of hardiness were found to predict decreased levels of maternal depression and
somatic complaints above and beyond reports of perceived social support.
The CSI - 24 differs from the 8 - item
somatic complaints scale of the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991) in that it includes a broad range of symptoms that represent the criteria for various somatoform disorders, as well as symptoms representing the criteria for functional somatic syndromes such as irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
The current study examined the efficacy of the Tuning in to Teens (TINT) parenting program in the efficacy of TINT in reducing
youth somatic complaints (SC) using both baseline and 10 months follow - up data.
They are likely to have struggled with depression, anxiety, trauma, or
somatic complaints for many year — and are exhausted!
The need for long - term surveillance of recovery of psychiatric patients with somatic complaints
Studies show pre-schoolers with deployed parents reveal higher emotional reactivity, anxiousness, depression,
somatic complaints, and withdrawal.
Adolescent emotional and behavioral problems were assessed using the Youth Self - Report that focuses on eight syndromes associated with teenagers, ranging from anxiety and
somatic complaints to having social problems or showing rule - breaking and aggressive behavior.
MAYSI - 2 assesses potential mental health problems in seven areas: alcohol or drug use, anger or irritability, depression or anxiety,
somatic complaints, suicide ideation, thought disturbance, and traumatic experiences.
Items on the TRF make up eight statistically derived scales of co-occurring problems: Anxious / Depressed, Withdrawn / Depressed,
Somatic Complaints, Rule - Breaking Behavior, Aggressive Behavior, Social Problems, Thought Problems, and Attention Problems.