@article{ref1,
title="Investigation of mental health in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms‎",
journal="Iranian journal of psychiatry",
year="2016",
author="Riahi, Frough and Izadi-Mazidi, Maryam and Khajeddin, Niloufar and Nasirzadeh, Shahriar and Shafieian, Fatemeh and Helalinasab, Ammar and Deilamani, Mozhgan",
volume="11",
number="1",
pages="24-29",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Medically unexplained symptoms are physical symptoms, which cannot be explained by organic ‎causes. This study aimed to investigate mental health in patients with medically unexplained ‎physical symptoms. ‎ METHOD: One hundred outpatients who were admitted to the Electro Diagnosis Clinic of Imam Khomeini ‎hospital, Ahvaz/Iran, participated in this study. Data were collected using physical examination, ‎paraclinical examinations, and SCL-90-R, and analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance ‎‎ (MANOVA), Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. ‎ RESULTS: The findings revealed significant differences between clients with medically explained and ‎unexplained symptoms in obsessive compulsive and somatization (p<0.05). Differences in ‎depression, anxiety, phobia, psychosis, aggression and paranoia were not significant (p>0.05).‎ CONCLUSION: The present study suggested an association between some psychological problems and somatic ‎symptoms. Therefore, screening for psychological impairments can improve clinical outcomes.‎.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1735-4587",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}