Sentences with phrase «with somatic symptoms»

The primary care physicians of patients in the CBT group were asked to follow the following rules: (1) make improved coping with somatic symptoms rather than symptom elimination the goal of medical management; (2) schedule regular appointments; (3) provide only limited reassurance; (4) explain symptom amplification to the patient, and (5) be conservative in medical diagnosis and treatment.

The Plaintiff injured her neck back and shoulder and developed chronic pain syndrome along with a somatic symptom disorder with a relatively poor prognosis.

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It has been shown to reduce stress, improve the immune system, decrease anxiety and depression in children with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and reduce emotional stress and somatic symptoms in adults with chronic fatigue syndrome, to name just a few.

Children with a generalized anxiety disorder may also have somatic symptoms, such as headaches, abdominal pain, and muscle aches and pains.

They asked 56 healthy parents of children with ASD to complete questionnaires on formal social support (provided by health or social services professionals), informal social support (provided by significant others, friends and family) as well as self - rated health and recent somatic symptoms.

Somatic symptom presentations in women with fibromyalgia are differentially associated with elevated depression and anxiety.

A sudden, discrete period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that is associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.

Somatic symptoms of fatigue and muscle pain may overlap with fibromyalgia and hypothyroid symptoms.

Many lawyers and claimants may not be familiar with the term, «somatic symptom disorder», SSD, when used in personal injury cases.

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After a two week trial the judge found the claimant had suffered whiplash soft tissue injury to her neck, shoulders, upper limbs, back, chest, and right foot; a capsular tear of her breast implant which required surgery and has left her with postoperative pain and loss of nipple sensation; chronic mechanical neck and shoulder pain; soft tissue injuries to her arms with persisting forearm and hand pain, numbness and tingling; posttraumatic stress disorder, somatic symptom disorder, chronic pain, and a mild traumatic brain injury.

There are many examples of how anxiety presents with youth: school refusal, anxiety when transitioning from middle school to HS, from HS to college, and from college to becoming a working adult, fears of separation and illness of loved ones, somatic symptoms such as headaches, stomachaches, discomfort in social situations, intense fear that occurs unexpectedly, panic attacks, obsessions and compulsions.

Results from a one - way MANOVA revealed that patients with a premorbid and current psychiat - ric disorder reported significantly higher pain severity, more somatic symptoms, poorer sleep quality, and poorer quality of life than those with no psychiatric history.

Symptoms of PTSD can include, but are not limited to: intruding thoughts and memories associated with the traumatic event itself, nightmares, flashbacks, somatic responses when in the presences of trauma - related stimuli, avoidant behaviors (especially of trauma - related stimuli), and an overall negative mood, affect, and thought content (American Psychiatric Association, 2013: pp. 271 - 280).

Other risk factors significantly associated with a history of attempted suicide by both boys and girls after controlling for other factors in the models were somatic symptoms, such as headaches and stomach problems, a history of sexual or physical abuse, having a family member attempt or complete suicide, having health concerns, frequent alcohol or marijuana use, or ever using any other drugs.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Results from the longitudinal multivariate analyses, indicated that the scores for optimism and negative life events were significantly associated with scores of somatic symptoms at time - point two (T2).

Comparison of post-tests of the indoor and green exercise conditions to those of the control condition indicated that adding exercise to pharmacotherapy significantly improved all three categories of affective, cognitive and somatic symptoms of depression in these two groups compared with the control group.

Hypochondriacal symptoms were assessed with the Whiteley Index20 - 24 and the Somatic Symptom Inventory (SSI).25, 26 The Whiteley Index consists of 14 hypochondriacal attitudes and concerns, scored on an ordinal scale from 1 to 5,20 - 24 and contains 3 factors: disease fear, disease conviction, and bodily preoccupation.

The self - defeating humor style is of particular interest because it was found to have a strong negative correlation with explicit self - esteem and positive correlations with depression, anxiety, and a variety of psychiatric and somatic symptoms suggesting that this humor style tends to be used by individuals experiencing psychological distress (Stieger, Formann, & Burger, 2011).

Both adopted and biological children of parents with antisocial personality disorder have an increased risk of developing antisocial personality disorder, somatic symptom disorder, and substance use disorders.

Four measures of forgiveness were all statistically associated with five measures of health (physical symptoms, medications used, sleep quality, fatigue, and somatic complaints).

Biological relatives of individuals with this disorder are also at increased risk for somatic symptom disorder and substance use disorders.

Validation of patient health questionnaire (PHQ) for major depression in Chinese outpatients with multiple somatic symptoms: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Dysfunctional illness perception and illness behaviour associated with high somatic symptom severity and low quality of life in general hospital outpatients in China

I have a passion for working with trauma survivors and am trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a mindfulness based and somatic approach to resolving trauma symptoms on an emotional, cognitive, and physical level.

Methods: A population - based sample of 921 Norwegian mothers with 18 - month - old children completed a questionnaire designed to examine the impact of socioeconomic and demographic factors, somatic health problems, negative life events, chronic strain and social support on symptoms of anxiety and depression (HSCL - 25).

These findings are consistent with those of Natvig et al20 who reported that increasing support from fellow students was associated with decreased risk for somatic symptoms.

Previous studies have documented the association between bullying and both health behaviors and symptoms.21, 43,44 These studies indicate that while being bullied is associated with difficulty making friends and lower use of alcohol, 21 perpetration of bullying is associated with more time spent with friends44 and increased use of alcohol and cigarettes.21 This suggests that although adolescents who are bullied may be at less risk for adverse health outcomes associated with substance use, they may be at increased risk for somatic complaints associated with poor peer relationships.3, 18 New initiatives such as the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration's Stop Bullying Now campaign45 should be evaluated for their efficacy in raising public awareness and reducing the prevalence of bullying.

Male adolescents do not report suffering from somatic symptoms as frequently as female adolescents, with the exception of morning fatigue26; however, further research is needed to determine how social and environmental factors influence the frequency and prevalence of this condition and others among boys.

In part, this has been prompted by the clinical observation that there is often symptom overlap between clinical depression and the common features of chronic pain conditions.6 Clinically, this is manifest by the limitations found when using somatic symptoms in self - report measures of depression in both populations with depression and those with chronic pain, 7 and has generated debate about the utility of categorical diagnostic criteria, as described in the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition (DSM - IV), 8 for understanding and treating depression in people with chronic pain.9

All 5 hyperactivity / inattention items loaded onto a single component however two items had higher loadings on another component that also included the highest loadings for two conduct symptoms (tempers and fights) 1 emotional symptom item (somatic) and moderate loading for another two conduct items (obedient and argues with adults) that however loaded higher onto other scales.

Interestingly, the promising external validity of the FEEL - KJ has now also received support from two other studies in which relations were shown with binge eating [15], depressive symptoms [14,15], and with the DSM symptom clusters affective problems, somatic problems, conduct problems, and ADHD problems [14].

In particular, Natvig et al observed a protective effect between student support and depression, a symptom commonly linked to a range of somatic symptoms in other studies.4, 7,18 Additional research is needed to determine whether some risk factors for somatic symptoms can be effectively addressed through positive peer networks, and if so, what mechanisms can be used to mitigate the negative effects of poor peer relations associated with bullying.

Postpartum depression tends to be milder than episodes of depression that occur at other times, with lower levels of anxiety, agitation, insomnia and somatic symptoms [8].

The presence of internalizing (anxiety, depressive and somatic) symptoms at baseline was associated with an increased risk of peer victimization over time.

Serum biomarkers also had differential associations with mental health problems, with the inflammatory cytokine IL6 being more strongly associated with the internalizing dimension (i.e. depressive, anxiety and somatic problems) and the oxidative stress marker TBARS with externalizing symptoms (i.e. attentional, oppositional and conduct problems).

The relation of daily stressors to somatic and emotional symptoms in children with and without recurrent abdominal pain

More vagal withdrawal in response to challenge was associated with more internalizing symptoms, particularly with more somatic symptoms.