In this article a critical review concerning screening tools to assess medically unexplained symptoms, in primary care settings is made. Once the relevance of that screening is justified, the authors analyse: 1) the somatization dimensions presented by multi-dimensional tools; 2) the measures that primarily assess the severity of symptoms; 3) the available inventories of medically unexplained symptoms. The psyc...
The authors have brought together and analised texts about the history of the concept of hysteria. In these texts hysteria is fundamentally considered a disease of organic origin (of the womb), and, in the Middle Age, evidence of demonic possession. From the XVII century onwards, apart from the etiopathogenic concepts, also taken into consideration are aspects connected to the differential diagnosis with other ...
Como procurar compreender os problemas emocionais das pessoas com quem temos que lidar, em virtude das nossas tarefas? E como compreender como é que estes problemas nos tocam? Uma tentativa de resposta será a primeira parte da exposição que se segue. Na segunda focar-nos-emos na compreensão do que serão emoções e afectos.
The prevalence of somatization is dependent on the classification methods and measures used to define it and the context from which the collected data are gathered. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of somatization and Somatoform Disorders (SFD) in Primary Health Care.A systematic review of the studies of the prevalence of somatization and SFD in PC (Primary Care) was made, from July 1998 to J...
The diagnosis of Somatization Disorder (SD) requires the presence of somatic medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) which must be assessed so that organic diseases may be excluded. SOMS-2 is a self-report measure for SD that assesses medically unexplained symptoms by requiring participants to answer affirmatively and qualify any of the complaints as MUS, only if they have obtained from his doctor the opinion that...
There are no population based studies of Somatoform Disorders (SD) in Portugal, despite the fact that a high prevalence has been reported in other countries, mainly when less restrictive criteria are used for diagnosis. This study represents the first step to know the impact of this pathology in the community.To evaluate the psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of SOMS-2 (Screening for Somatoform Dis...
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