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Diagnostic outcome of patients referred to psychiatry with medically unexplained symptoms: a retrospective study
2011
African Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are commonly encountered in medical practice. In psychiatry, they are classified mostly as Somatoform Disorders and are often associated with anxiety and depression. The literature suggests that, in some cases, MUS may be ascribed to Somatoform Disorders when, fact, they are "organic" syndromes that are misdiagnosed. In developing countries, with fewer resources, MUS may be more difficult to assess. Method: We undertook a retrospective chart
doi:10.4314/ajpsy.v14i1.65470
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