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 ...
No âmbito das ciências sociais e humanas, incluindo a psicologia, não tem sido dada a devida atenção à metodologia Q. Trata-se de uma metodologia com procedimentos apropriados ao estudo de conceitos subjectivos como crenças, atitudes, comportamentos e opiniões e cuja eficácia implica uma grande habilidade e rigor por parte do investigador. Os participantes Q são cuidadosamente seleccionados de forma a constituí...
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...
This study describes the construction of a self-response inventory to evaluate the perception of advantages and disadvantages of the Machado-Joseph disease presymptomatic testing, in 44 individuals at-risk for this disease. The results showed that the reliability of this inventory was satisfactory. Factor analysis revealed a bidimensional structure: perceived advantages (pros) and perceived disadvantages (cons)...
This study describes the construction of a self-response inventory to evaluate the perception of advantages and disadvantages of the Machado-Joseph disease presymptomatic testing, in 44 individuals at-risk for this disease. The results showed that the reliability of this inventory was satisfactory. Factor analysis revealed a bidimensional structure: perceived advantages (pros) and perceived disadvantages (cons)...
Machado–Joseph disease [MJD, also spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3)] and familial amyloid polyneuropathy type I (FAP-I or ATTR V30M) are neurodegenerative disorders, inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, which have a high prevalence in Portugal, probably due to a founder effect. MJD and FAP-I are late-onset diseases, with symptoms emerging usually during adulthood. CGPP, which is the national reference...
Os autores submetem 1112 estudantes (628 raparigas e 484 rapazes) da área urbana do Porto e de idades compreendidas entre 10 e 19 anos inclusive a três textos por eles concebidos, procurando estudar respectivamente os conflitos autonomia-dependência, obediência/desobediência, ideais intra--extrafamiliares.Os resultados desta investigação revelam inequivocamente a importância das modificações sofridas durante o ...
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