TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Investigation of mental health in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms‎
JO  - Iranian journal of psychiatry
A1  - Riahi, Frough
A1  - Izadi-Mazidi, Maryam
A1  - Khajeddin, Niloufar
A1  - Nasirzadeh, Shahriar
A1  - Shafieian, Fatemeh
A1  - Helalinasab, Ammar
A1  - Deilamani, Mozhgan
SP  - 24
EP  - 29
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1735-4587
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -