Abstract
One third of referrals from primary to secondary care are for medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). We aimed to determine the association of depression and anxiety disorders with high use of specialist services by patients with MUS. We did this by comparing their prevalence in patients who had been repeatedly referred with symptoms for which they had received repeated specialist diagnoses of MUS with that in two control groups. We also determined the adequacy of treatment received.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 555-63 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Psychological Medicine |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |