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The findings from a new study lend further support to the “circadian phase-shift hypothesis” as the basis for winter depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

According to the…

Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic and Brown University’s Butler Hospital will present results of a study that shows deep brain stimulation (DBS) to be a…

Early weaning from breast-feeding appears to be one factor that predisposes adults to alcohol abuse and hospitalization for an alcohol-related diagnosis, according to data from Denmark.

Previous research demonstrated a link…

A team from the Ottawa Health Research Institute, the University of Ottawa, and The Ottawa Hospital has found an increased risk of premature delivery, low birth weight, fetal death, and infant seizures…

The world’s largest ever study into a possible link between B vitamins and Alzheimer’s disease is to be based at Oxford University. The three-year…

A new study by Northeastern University professor Debra L. Franko found that white girls become less depressed as they age while black girls continue feeling the same.…

There is no strong relationship between depression in elderly patients with diabetes and the degree to which they control their blood sugar levels, researchers report.

“We often assume that…

There are no medications and few therapies available to effectively treat patients suffering from anorexia nervosa, according to a new report by researchers at the RTI International-University of North Carolina…

Experts in the UK are warning that the favorite ritual of a glass of wine at the end of a stressful working day is for many a form of “self-medication”…

While half of young women aged 20-29 felt they would “just get over” depression and relied heavily on support of friends and family, the vast majority of women aged…

The DSM-IV avoids the question by taking an empirical, atheoretical approach; the disorders are defined by descriptive criteria emphasizing observable behaviors. In the past, personality was traditionally viewed…

Neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School and its affiliate Mclean Hospital have shown that long-term exposure to stress hormone in mice directly results in the anxiety that often…

There have been few reports about treating or managing undifferentiated somatoform disorder. Investigators of patients with this disorder generally make treatment recommendations that are the same as for patients with somatization…

Making the initial diagnosis of somatization disorder may require consultation with a psychiatrist to confirm the diagnosis, which lowers the physician’s anxiety about missing some esoteric diagnosis and facilitates adherence to…

Disability
Most people find that their work provides structure for their lives, income for sustaining their families, and incentives for maintaining their health, although many disability plans discourage the latter. Work disability…

Specific treatment approaches have not been well studied in somatization disorder or undifferentiated somatoform disorder. However, several studies have provided preliminary evidence that cognitive-behavioral therapy may be effective in patients with…

Appropriate treatment of somatization disorder can begin once the correct disorder has been diagnosed. However, because the etiology of this disorder is not known and no curative or ameliorative therapies…

A part of the careful assessment and treatment of somatization disorder or undifferentiated somatoform disorder is the diagnosis of comorbid conditions, the treatment of which will be an important aspect of the management of the…

To manage these conditions successfully, it is important to differentiate them from other similar conditions. The most common disorders that need to be differentiated from somatization disorder and…

Understanding the Course of Somatization Disorder and Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder and Assessing Patients’ Symptoms

Understanding the course of somatization disorder and undifferentiated somatoform disorder and carefully assessing…

Once the clinician recognizes that either somatization disorder or undifferentiated somatoform disorder is a diagnostic possibility in a given patient, he or she must then actually diagnose the disorder. The diagnostic criteria for…