Medically Unexplained Symptoms
"Medically Unexplained Symptoms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Persistent health symptoms which remain unexplained after a complete medical evaluation. A cluster of symptoms that consistently appear together but without a known cause are referred to as a MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYNDROME (MUS).
| Descriptor ID |
D000071896
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.541
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| Concept/Terms |
Medically Unexplained Symptoms- Medically Unexplained Symptoms
- Medically Unexplained Symptom
- Symptom, Medically Unexplained
- Symptoms, Medically Unexplained
- Unexplained Symptom, Medically
- Unexplained Symptoms, Medically
- Somatic Symptoms
- Somatic Symptom
- Symptom, Somatic
- Symptoms, Somatic
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medically Unexplained Symptoms" by people in Profiles.
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Diagnostic testing for and detection of physical abuse in infants with brief resolved unexplained events. Child Abuse Negl. 2023 01; 135:105952.
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Self- but not other-mentalizing moderates the association between BPD symptoms and somatic complaints in community-dwelling adolescents. Psychol Psychother. 2022 12; 95(4):905-920.
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Personality trait domains predict psychiatric symptom and functional outcomes. Psychotherapy (Chic). 2022 Mar; 59(1):38-47.
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Pain intensity, pain-related anxiety, and somatic and mental health symptoms: a test among latinx young adults. Psychol Health Med. 2021 03; 26(3):289-297.
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Elucidating somatization in a dimensional model of psychopathology across medical settings. J Abnorm Psychol. 2020 Feb; 129(2):162-176.
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A Framework for Evaluation of the Higher-Risk Infant After a Brief Resolved Unexplained Event. Pediatrics. 2019 08; 144(2).
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Early-Life Somatic Complaints: Longitudinal Associations with Maternal and Child Psychopathology. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018 09; 39(7):573-579.
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Polysomnography-Detected Bruxism in Children is Associated With Somatic Complaints But Not Anxiety. J Clin Sleep Med. 2018 01 15; 14(1):23-29.
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Cultural differences in symptom representation for depression and somatization measured by the PHQ between Vietnamese and German psychiatric outpatients. J Psychosom Res. 2017 11; 102:71-77.
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Errors in Diagnosis of Spinal Epidural Abscesses in the Era of Electronic Health Records. Am J Med. 2017 08; 130(8):975-981.