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2022 Apr 20


J Affect Disord

The interplay of chronic stress and genetic traits discriminates between patients suffering from multisomatoform disorder with pain as the leading symptom and matched controls.

Authors

Buhck M, Achenbach J, Wiese B, Tran AT, Stuhrmann M, Jaeger B, Bernateck M, Schneider N, Karst M
J Affect Disord. 2022 Apr 20.
PMID: 35460735.

Abstract

Somatoform disorders and functional somatic syndromes (FSS) with symptoms that are not sufficiently explained by physical or technical examination are among the most challenging underlying causes. Many different somatoform disorders and FSS have overlapping symptoms, often with pain as the most prevalent one, leading to a high burden of disease. The concept of multisomatoform disorder (MSD) has been developed to acknowledge that fact. We analyzed a group of 151 patients and 149 matched controls to identify interactions of genetic and environmental factors with a possible influence on the development of MSD.