Medically unexplained symptoms – blurring the line between “mental” and “physical” in somatoform disorders

Acute psychological stress reduces working memory-related activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Qin, S., Hermans, E. J., van Marle, H. J. F., Luo, J., & Fernández, G. (2009) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.03.006 · Cited by 675 · see citing works

Somatoform disorders in general practice

de Waal, M. W. M., Arnold, I. A., Eekhof, J. A., & van Hemert, A. M. (2004) · The British Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1192/bjp.184.6.470 · Cited by 528 · see citing works

Psychosocial stress induces working memory impairments in an n-back paradigm.

Schoofs, D., Preuß, D., & Wolf, O. T. (2008) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.02.004 · Cited by 483 · see citing works

Psychological stress and wound healing in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Walburn, J., Vedhara, K., Hankins, M. C., Rixon, L., & Weinman, J. A. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.04.002 · Cited by 353 · see citing works

Psychobiological perspectives on somatoform disorders

Rief, W., & BARSKY, A. J. (2005) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.03.018 · Cited by 300 · see citing works

Depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorders: vague or distinct categories in primary care? Results from a large cross-sectional study

Hanel, G., Henningsen, P., Herzog, W., Sauer, N., Schaefert, R., Szecsenyi, J., & Löwe, B. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.04.013 · Cited by 250 · see citing works

The proposed diagnosis of somatic symptom disorders in DSM-V to replace somatoform disorders in DSM-IV—a preliminary report

Dimsdale, J. E., & Creed, F. H. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.03.005 · Cited by 160 · see citing works

Somatization Revisited

Henningsen, P., Jakobsen, T., Schiltenwolf, M., & Weiss, M. G. (2005) · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · doi:10.1097/01.nmd.0000152796.07788.b6 · Cited by 119 · see citing works

Interferon-α-induced depressive symptoms are related to changes in the cytokine network but not to cortisol

Wichers, M., Kenis, G., Koek, G. H., Robaeys, G., Nicolson, N. A., & Maes, M. H. J. (2007) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.09.007 · Cited by 116 · see citing works

Association between burnout and circulating levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in schoolteachers

von Känel, R., Bellingrath, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2008) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.007 · Cited by 113 · see citing works

How are memory complaints in functional memory disorder related to measures of affect, metamemory and cognition?

Metternich, B., Schmidtke, K., & Hüll, M. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.07.005 · Cited by 87 · see citing works

Stressor, perceived stress and recurrent pain in Swedish schoolchildren

Alfvén, G., Östberg, V., & Hjern, A. (2008) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.07.004 · Cited by 81 · see citing works

The relationship between somatisation and outcome in patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome

Creed, F., Tomenson, B., Guthrie, E., Ratcliffe, J., Fernandes, L., Read, N., Palmer, S., & Thompson, D. G. (2008) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.016 · Cited by 71 · see citing works

Prospective evaluation of psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity in recurrent vasovagal and unexplained syncope

D’Antono, B., Dupuis, G., St-Jean, K., Lévesque, K., Nadeau, R. A., Guerra, P. G., Thibault, B., & Kuś, T. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.03.012 · Cited by 57 · see citing works

Somatoform Disorder in Primary Care: Course and the Need for Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment

Arnold, I. A., de Waal, M. W. M., Eekhof, J. A., & van Hemert, A. M. (2006) · Psychosomatics · doi:10.1176/appi.psy.47.6.498 · Cited by 54 · see citing works

Medically unexplained presentations and quality of life: A study of a predominantly South Asian primary care population in England

Duddu, V., Husain, N., & Dickens, C. M. (2008) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.05.002 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Validation of two inventories for the diagnosis and monitoring of functional memory disorder

Schmidtke, K., & Metternich, B. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.04.005 · Cited by 36 · see citing works

Autonomic activity and somatic symptoms in response to success vs. failure on a cognitive task: A comparison of chronic abdominal pain patients and well children

Puzanovova, M., Arbogast, P. G., Smith, C. A., Anderson, J., Diedrich, A., & Walker, L. S. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.02.007 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Memory bias for health-related information in somatoform disorders

Martin, A., Buech, A., Schwenk, C., & Rief, W. (2007) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.05.005 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

The identification in primary care of patients who have been repeatedly referred to hospital for medically unexplained symptoms: A pilot study

Smith, B. J., McGorm, K. J., Weller, D., Burton, C. D., & Sharpe, M. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.01.004 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

Memory performance related to organic and psychosocial illness attributions in somatoform pain disorder patients

Nikendei, C., Waldherr, S., Schiltenwolf, M., Herzog, W., Röhrig, M., Walther, S., Weisbrod, M., Henningsen, P., & Hanel, G. (2009) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.01.017 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

The efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy in somatoform disorders and medically unexplained physical symptoms: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Liu, J., Gill, N. S., Teodorczuk, A., Li, Z., & Sun, J. (2018) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.10.114 · Cited by 148 · see citing works

Specific Collaborative Group Intervention for Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms in General Practice: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Schaefert, R., Kaufmann, C., Wild, B., Schellberg, D., Boelter, R., Faber, R., Szécsényi, J., Sauer, N., Guthrie, E., & Herzog, W. (2012) · Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics · doi:10.1159/000343652 · Cited by 69 · see citing works

Psychiatric diagnoses in patients with burning mouth syndrome and atypical odontalgia referred from psychiatric to dental facilities

Briley, M. (2010) · Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment · doi:10.2147/ndt.s12605 · Cited by 65 · see citing works

The Distinction Between “Medically Unexplained” and “Medically Explained” in the Context of Somatoform Disorders

Klaus, K., Rief, W., Brähler, E., Martin, A., Glaesmer, H., & Mewes, R. (2012) · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s12529-012-9245-2 · Cited by 64 · see citing works

Recent developments on psychological factors in medically unexplained symptoms and somatoform disorders

Mewes, R. (2022) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1033203 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

What's ‘difficult’? A multi-stage qualitative analysis of secondary care specialists' experiences with medically unexplained symptoms

Maatz, A., Wainwright, M., Russell, A., Macnaughton, J., & Yiannakou, Y. (2016) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.09.005 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

Perspectives on the clinical significance of functional pain syndromes in children

Simons, L. E., Basch, M. C., Chow, E., Logan, D. E., & Schechter, N. L. (2015) · Journal of Pain Research · doi:10.2147/jpr.s55586 · Cited by 26 · see citing works

Clinical outcomes from The BodyMind Approach™ in the treatment of patients with medically unexplained symptoms in primary health care in England: Practice-based evidence

Payne, H., & Brooks, S. D. M. (2016) · The Arts in Psychotherapy · doi:10.1016/j.aip.2015.12.001 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Multiple symptoms and medically unexplained symptoms — Closely related concepts in general practitioners’ evaluations. A linked doctor–patient study

Tschudi-Madsen, H., Kjeldsberg, M., Natvig, B., Ihlebæk, C., Dalen, I., Straand, J., & Bruusgaard, D. (2013) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.01.003 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Somatic symptoms in those with performance and interaction anxiety

May, A. C., Rudy, B. M., Davis, T. E., Jenkins, W. S., Reuther, E. T., & Whiting, S. E. (2013) · Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1177/1359105313490773 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

The role of temperament in somatic complaints among young female adults

Gupta, D., & Pérez‐Edgar, K. E. (2011) · Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1177/1359105311405351 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

What is in a name? Autonomic imbalance and medically unexplained symptoms in Taiwan

Chen, J. (2021) · Sociology of Health & Illness · doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13262 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Duvet woman versus action man: the gendered aetiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome according to English newspapers

Murray, R., Day, K., & Tobbell, J. (2019) · Feminist Media Studies · doi:10.1080/14680777.2019.1595694 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

An interdisciplinary multimodal integrative healthcare program for somatic symptom disorder, with predominant (spinal) pain

Wijnen, J., Hullenaar, G. V. ’., Gordon, N. L., Pont, M. L., Geijselaers, M. W. H., Oosterwijck, J. V., & de Jong, J. R. (2022) · Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1080/10503307.2022.2144528 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Learning from the past: from incubation in ancient Egypt and Greece to modern hypnosis

Facco, E., & Tagliagambe, S. (2021) · Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal · doi:10.14738/assrj.87.10541 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Medically unexplained symptoms in later life

Hilderink, P. H. (2014) · University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Burning mouth syndrome with anxiety disorder and depression: a case report

Erşan, E. E. (2013) · Journal of Mood Disorders · doi:10.5455/jmood.20130519115809

Physical symptoms as psychiatric manifestation in medical spaces: a qualitative studyPreprint

Spurrier, G. F., Schulman, K., Dibich, S., Benoit, L., Duckworth, K. S., & Martin, A. (2022) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1840319/v1

The efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy in somatoform disorders and medically unexplained physical symptoms: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Liu, J., Gill, N. S., Teodorczuk, A., Li, Z., & Sun, J. (2018) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.10.114 · Cited by 148 · see citing works

Persistent virus infection and development of virus-induced disease

Southern, P. J., Dyrberg, T., Schwimmbeck, P. L., & Oldstone, M. B. A. (1990) · Journal of Autoimmunity · doi:10.1016/s0896-8411(09)90004-x · Cited by 1 · see citing works

What is the Evidence for the Efficacy of Treatments for Somatoform Disorders? A Critical Review of Previous Intervention Studies

Sumathipala, A. (2007) · Psychosomatic Medicine · doi:10.1097/psy.0b013e31815b5cf6 · Cited by 151 · see citing works

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for somatization and symptom syndromes: a critical review of controlled clinical trials

Kroenke, K., & Swindle, R. (2000) · Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics · doi:10.1159/000012395 · Cited by 478 · see citing works

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Versus Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training for Multiple Somatoform Symptoms: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Schröder, A., Heider, J., Zaby, A., & Göllner, R. (2012) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1007/s10608-012-9474-3 · Cited by 37 · see citing works