Abstract：
INTRODUCTION:This review argues that "subjective health complaints" is a better and neutral term for "unexplained medical symptoms." The most common complaints are musculoskeletal pain, gastrointestinal complaints and "pseudoneurology" (tiredness, sleep problems, fatigue, and mood changes). These complaints are common in the general population, but for some these complaints reach a level that requires care and assistance. THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS:We suggest that these complaints are based on sensations from what in most people are normal physiological processes. In some individuals these sensations become intolerable. In some cases it may signal somatic disease, in most cases not. Cases without somatic disease, or with minimal somatic findings, occur under diagnoses like burnout, epidemic fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivity, chronic musculoskeletal pain, chronic low back pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibromyalgia. These complaints are particularly common in individuals with low coping and high levels of helplessness and hopelessness. CONCLUSION:The psychobiological mechanisms for this is suggested to be sensitization in neural loops maintained by sustained attention and arousal.
journal_name
J Psychosom Resjournal_title
Journal of psychosomatic researchauthors
Eriksen HR,Ursin Hdoi
10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00629-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-04-01 00:00:00pages
445-8issue
4eissn
0022-3999issn
1879-1360pii
S0022399903006299journal_volume
56pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to collate all works relating to delirium and probable delirium in children and adolescents published since 1980. METHODS:A systematic review of the literature in all languages published between 1980 and March 2009 was conducted. RESULTS:The literature is limited to small case...
journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to identify certain clinical parameters and personality characteristics associated with various forms of psychopathology in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. METHODS:Fifty-six SSc patients participated in the study, and 74 healthy participants served as controls. A wide rang...
journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0022-3999(02)00348-3
更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:This semiprospective case-control study was performed to investigate the relationship between harmony-seeking personality and the occurrence of prostate cancer. METHODS:Out of 217 consecutive participants admitted to hospital for biopsy, 86 and 81 were classified into the case and control groups, respectivel...
journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.04.006
更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-3999(94)00088-m
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 社论,评审
doi：10.1016/s0022-3999(97)00158-x
更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) measures sleep quality and disturbance retrospectively over a 1-month period using self-reports. Although the PSQI has been used in a variety of populations, published psychometric data are limited. The goal of this study was to examine psychometric properties of the PSQI amon...
journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-3999(97)00298-5
更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.07.005
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.03.003
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-3999(02)00579-2
更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.04.001
更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.06.006
更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-3999(02)00335-5
更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.11.003
更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-3999(00)00208-7
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.01.003
更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00
