SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIC FACTORS AFFECTING PRESENTATION OF BODILY COMPLAINTS
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIC FACTORS AFFECTING PRESENTATION OF BODILY COMPLAINTS
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm197205252862105
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发表时间:
1972-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
MECHANIC, D
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作者:
MECHANIC, D
PATIENTS often recognize symptoms for which they seek medical assistance, but, on the basis of a history and physical and laboratory examination, the physician cannot obtain evidence to account for or justify the patients' complaints.1Such patients conform in part to Gillespie's concept of hypochondria, which he viewed as "a persistent preoccupation with the bodily health, out of proportion to any existing justification and with a conviction of disease."2There is considerable disagreement, however, on the appropriate formal definition of hypochondria,3and it may be incorrect to apply the same designation to profound and persistent hypochondrical syndromes associated with psychiatric . . .