psychosomatic medicine

Sex and disease differences in patients’ diagnostic experiences in autoimmune diseases: an international cross-sectional study Summary Background Females have higher rates of autoimmune disease and reported misdiagnoses. Our study uses patient-reported diagnostic data to capture, and compare...

Validierung subjektiver Beschwerden: Differenzialdiagnostik von „gesundem Leiden“ am Beispiel Müdigkeit Linden, Michael Abstract Subjective complaints are of great importance in medicine. They have an impact on the diagnosis of illnesses, the assessment of illness severity, and treatment...

Ein stationäres Therapieprogramm für schwerstbetroffene Post-COVID-Patient:innen Abstract There is a current lack of specialized inpatient services for severely affected post-COVID patients, who often require care for years and do not respond to outpatient therapies. The strength of...

https://chroniclivingtherapy.com/ripple-effects-stigma/ 2300-word article. THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF STIGMA This post looks at the effects of ‘psychologisation’ and stigma – in particular as it relates to M.E. (or ME/CFS or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). The effects are far-reaching and have blocked...

Loneliness, social isolation, and accumulation of chronic conditions: A nationwide longitudinal study in Japan Abstract Background Loneliness and social isolation are related but distinct dimensions of social disconnection, but their longitudinal associations with chronic condition...

3400-word article in DER SPIEGEL about the interplay of psychology and skin health and the new and upcoming medical field of psychodermatology. spiegel.de | archive I‘ll post the different studies mentioned in the article below. Machine translation from excerpts of the article:

Most people do not attribute their burnout symptoms to work https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002239992400374X?via%3Dihub Highlights • Only a minority of participants attribute their burnout symptoms to work. • Burnout is not attributed to work more often than general...

I realised there wasn’t a specific thread for the link between BPS/psychosomatics and sexism. So I’ve created one. The thing that prompted me to create this thread, was that I was looking at a review of “CBT for Cancer”, and noticed that CBT is very outproportionally studied in breast cancer...

Briefly in the past I become aware of a 1995 symposium sponsored by the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation in which Simon Wessely spoke "Chronic fatigue syndrome: a 20th century illness? (pp. 17-34). I Googled it today and came across a recent symposium in Sept 2024: Psychosomatic medicine...

I often hear the claim that the reason ME/CFS is neglected psychologised etc. is that we don’t have a biomarker for the disease. In my opinion, it is a possibility that we have a biomarker within the next decade, even though it might only be usable in specialist laboratories. How do you think...

Measuring persistent somatic symptom related stigmatisation: Development of the Persistent Somatic Symptom Stigma scale for healthcare professionals (PSSS-HCP) Brodie McGhie-Fraser, Caoimhe McLoughlin, Peter Lucassen, Aranka Ballering, Sandra van Dulmen, Evelien Brouwers, Jon Stone, Tim olde...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024030627 Identifying the mental health burden in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) patients in Switzerland: A pilot study Rahel Susanne König, Daniel Henry Paris, Marc Sollberger, Rea Tschopp PII...

HPV vaccine confidence and cases of mass psychogenic illness following immunization in Carmen de Bolivar, Colombia https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363158/ We report the case of multiple adverse reactions following HPV vaccination in Colombian adolescents in Carmen de Bolivar. In...

Patients with persistent symptoms after COVID-19 attending a multidisciplinary evaluation: Characteristics, medical conclusions, and satisfaction Gouraud; Thoreux; Ouazana-Vedrines; Pitron; Betouche; Bolloch; Caumes; Guemouni; Xiang; Lemogne; Ranque Objective Among patients attending a...

Mental health services abusing patients wont come as a surprise to ME patients but now it appears the BBC managed to get some footage of it happening undercover. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63045298

(Not a recommendation) Source: Female First Date: May 9, 2022 URL: https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/jan-rothney-breaking-free-long-covid-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-1347530.html Ref: https://arkbound.com/product/breaking-free-by-jan-oakley/ Jan Rothney, author of 'Breaking Free'...

Copied from the Long Covid thread This BPS-focused questionnaire is open to everyone with a long-term chronic illness. Its explicit aim is to build support for a BPS approach to LC. You know what to do: answer honestly. It's short, about 5-10 minutes.

Abstract Introduction This study examines the relationships among recent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), somatic symptoms, and anxiety/depression symptoms during adolescence and whether anxiety/depression symptoms mediate the relationship between ACEs and somatic symptoms. Methods...

Full title: Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Integrated Treatment Approach Versus Standard Model of Care for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDS): A Matched Cohort Study Abstract Background Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are linked to a variety of potential causes, and...

Introduction The aim of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is to ensure that high quality research information on the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests are produced in the most efficient way for those who plan, provide...