Background: Recognizing and appropriately treating mental health problems among new
immigrants and refugees in primary care poses a challenge because of differences in …

Although functional somatic syndromes (FSS) show substantial overlap, treatment research
is mostly confined to single syndromes, with a lack of valid and generally accepted …

Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on
improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach …

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 …

Objectives: To review the relevance of cultural models in the generation and amplification of
somatic symptoms and syndromes. Methods: Based on a selective review of literature, we …

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

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

The aim of the current article is to review the peer-reviewed research literature on cues and
concerns published between 1975 and 2006. To be included, articles had to report …

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 …