Konferenzpaper
Autorenliste: Meyer-Lindenberg, A; Gallhofer, B
Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 1998
Seiten: 92-93
Zeitschrift: Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
Bandnummer: 57
ISSN: 0340-1855
Konferenz: International Fibromyalgia Conference
Verlag: Springer
Abstract:
An increase of depressive symptoms in fibromyalgia patients has been noted in a number of studies. The etiologic significance of this finding remains, however, controversial. We suggest that a subgroup of patients with this symptom combination may be pragmatically classified as suffering from somatized depression. Clinical indicators such as a family history of depressive disorders, circadian disturbances, pronounced loss of appetite or libido, and chronic psychosocial stressors should be assessed and, if present, prompt the initiation of psychiatric evaluation and treatment including pharmaco- and psychotherapeutic modalities. Other psychiatric diseases arising in the differential diagnosis of fibromyalgia are discussed.
Zitierstile
Harvard-Zitierstil: Meyer-Lindenberg, A. and Gallhofer, B. (1998) Somatized depression as a subgroup of fibromyalgia syndrome, Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie, 57, pp. 92-93
APA-Zitierstil: Meyer-Lindenberg, A., & Gallhofer, B. (1998). Somatized depression as a subgroup of fibromyalgia syndrome. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 57, 92-93.
Schlagwörter
clomipramine; CONTROLLED TRIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; PAIN; somatized depression; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS