ReviewIndian journal of psychological medicine
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Published Controlled Trials.
Review in Indian journal of psychological medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Cognitive-behavioural therapy compared with standardised medical care for adults with dissociative non-epileptic seizures: the CODES RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
- Feasibility of Videoconference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Somatic Symptom Disorder: Single-Arm Pilot Trial.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Efficacy of cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment for individuals living with symptoms associated with environmental factors (SAEF): protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Emotional Awareness and Expression Interview: Examining Interview Content and Patient Experiences in Two Medical Samples.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Article
- Understanding Patient-Provider Interaction, Treatment Acceptance, and Outcomes in Medically Unexplained Symptoms.Cureus · 2022Article
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- Potential of a cognitive-behavioural approach to improve patient symptoms in a primary care setting.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022Article
- Differences of medically unexplained symptoms among patients of different ages and sexes in the psychological clinic of a general hospital and the influencing factors of MUS: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Clinical Practice Guideline: Psychotherapies for Somatoform Disorders.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2020Article
- Comparing anxiety and depression to obesity and smoking as predictors of major medical illnesses and somatic symptoms.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019Article
- A European Research Agenda for Somatic Symptom Disorders, Bodily Distress Disorders, and Functional Disorders: Results of an Estimate-Talk-Estimate Delphi Expert Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) commonly present across the board in medical specialties and are often challenging to treat. Our objective was to assess the efficacy for cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) in MUS. Electronic search of databases was carried out for published controlled trials in English language peer-reviewed journals from inception till August 2016. Effect sizes for the trials were computed using standardized mean difference, and
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