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ReviewEmergency medicine Australasia : EMA2025

Review article: Somatization Disorders in emergency department: A critical overview of current challenges and future directions.

Vidula Garde, Meryl Churchill, Jaimi Greenslade, Kerrianne Watt, Andrew J Mallett, Douglas Morel

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Review in Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Vidula GardeTownsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5688-6822
Meryl ChurchillCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Jaimi GreensladeEmergency and Trauma Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Kerrianne WattCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Andrew J MallettTownsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Douglas MorelEmergency Department, Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with Somatization Disorders present frequently to the ED with non-cardiac chest pain, non-specific abdominal pain, headaches and a range of other non-specific symptoms. Somatization Disorder presentations are ubiquitous within the healthcare system. Seen as belonging to 'no man's land', these disorders, are often diagnosed and treated by different medical subspecialities. This characteristic of Somatization Disorders creates challenges regarding their diagnosis and management across emergency care settings. The current review explores the scope of the problem and, the challenges inherent in diagnosing and treating these disorders in ED environments. Based on available evidence and the essential character of these disorders, future directions are suggested for more effective emergency management and possible referral from ED.

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Emergency Service, HospitalSomatoform DisordersHumansdiagnostic algorithm for somatizationfunctional somatic symptomshigh value caresomatic symptoms in EDsomatization in ED

Identifiers

PMID39936377
PMCPMC11815603

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