Lifetime sexual assault was associated with incident functional somatic disorder over a period of 5 years. Sexual assault is associated with a substantially increased 5-year risk of developing ...

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About The Study: The findings of this cohort study suggest that sexual assault may increase the risk of developing functional somatic disorder (FSD), involving multiple body systems. Functional ...

Somatoform disorders involve extreme health anxiety and physical symptoms without a clear medical cause. The most common types of somatoform disorders include somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety ...

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Symptomatic syndrome is common in ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome and linked to greater psychological burden. “Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is characterized by distressing somatic ...

Caroline Dance* MD, FRCPC (biography and disclosures), Laila Drabkin* MD, FRCPC (biography and disclosures), Andrew Howard MD, FRCPC (biography, no disclosures) and Joseph Tham MD (biography, no ...

Merck Manuals is launching a new artificial intelligence-powered search tool designed to provide patients with streamlined access to trusted information and resources from its medical manuals.

Functional Somatic Disorders (FSD) present a significant challenge in the health-care system, characterized by persistent, distressing physical symptoms without sufficient medical or psychiatric ...

Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is associated with significantly higher odds of having psychiatric, neurologic, and somatic comorbidities, with 96% of patients having at least one additional ...