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Psychosocial Dysfunction in Somatising Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. K. Chadda ,
M. S. Bhatia ,
S. Shome  and
K. N. Thakur
R. K. Chadda*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi-110095, India
M. S. Bhatia
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi-110095, India
S. Shome
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi-110095, India
K. N. Thakur
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi-110095, India
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Somatising patients present with a variety of psychosocial dysfunctions. Using the Dysfunctional Analysis Questionnaire and the Global Assessment of Functioning scale, we studied the nature and severity of psychosocial dysfunction in a group of somatising patients. Dysfunction was less marked in the cognitive area than in social, vocational, personal and familial areas. Patients with depressive disorders showed more dysfunction than those with somatoform disorders in all psychosocial areas except cognitive.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 4 , October 1993 , pp. 510 - 513
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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