The article is a narrative review of the theoretical standing and empirical evidence for the
cognitive behavioural model of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) in general and for …

Patients with medically unexplained symptoms comprise from 15% to 30% of all primary
care consultations. Physicians often assume that psychological factors account for these …

Importance Reassurance is a core aspect of daily medical practice, yet little is known on how
it can be achieved. Objective To determine whether patient education in primary care …

Skeletal muscle exhibits great plasticity in response to altered activity levels, ultimately
resulting in tissue remodelling and substantial changes in mass. Animal research would …

Background 4–10% of the general population and 20% of primary care patients have what
are called “non-specific, functional, and somatoform bodily complaints.” These often take a …

Objective Despite their prevalence and impact on patients and the health care system, non-
specific, functional, and somatoform disorders are underdiagnosed. This problem is …

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) consist of paroxystic events facilitated by a
dysfunction in emotion processing. Models explaining the pathogenic mechanisms leading …

Patients with symptoms that doctors cannot explain by physical disease are common in
primary care. That they receive disproportionate amounts of physical intervention, which is …

Objectives. To estimate the prevalence of persistent presentation of medically unexplained
physical symptoms (MUPS) in general practice. To assess socio-demographic …

Physical symptoms account for more than half of all outpatient visits, yet the predominant
disease-focused model of care is inadequate for many of these symptom-prompted …