Persistent physical symptoms: definition, genesis, and management

B Löwe, A Toussaint, JGM Rosmalen, WL Huang… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Persistent physical symptoms (synonymous with persistent somatic symptoms) is an
umbrella term for distressing somatic complaints that last several months or more …

How to understand the overlap of long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndromes

DL Goldenberg - Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2024 - Elsevier
Long COVID should be limited to patients with multiple, persistent symptoms not related to
well-defined organ damage. Once redefined, a focused review of long COVID demonstrates …

Psychological factors associated with Long COVID: A systematic review and meta-analysis

P Engelmann, M Reinke, C Stein, S Salzmann… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Despite the immense impact of Long COVID on public health and those
affected, its aetiology remains poorly understood. Findings suggest that psychological …

Psychological risk factors of somatic symptom disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies

A Smakowski, P Hüsing, S Völcker, B Löwe… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Current diagnostic concepts of somatic symptom disorder (SSD) in DSM-5 and
bodily distress disorder (BDD) in ICD-11 require certain psychological criteria, but …

[HTML][HTML] Five-factor personality traits and functional somatic disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

TT Lamm, V Von Schrottenberg, A Rauch… - Clinical Psychology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Functional Somatic Disorders (FSD) is an umbrella term for various
conditions characterized by persistent and troublesome physical symptoms, that are not …

Neuroticism, perceived stress, adverse life events and self-efficacy as predictors of the development of functional somatic disorders: longitudinal population-based …

MW Petersen, TBW Carstensen, KB Wellnitz… - BJPsych …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundFunctional somatic disorder (FSD) is a unifying diagnosis that includes
functional somatic syndromes such as irritable bowel, chronic widespread pain (CWP) and …

Reconsidering persistent somatic symptoms: a transdiagnostic and transsymptomatic approach

B Löwe, S Zipfel, O van den Bergh… - Psychotherapy and …, 2025 - karger.com
Regardless of cause, persistent somatic symptoms (synonymous with persistent physical
symptoms) are distressing somatic complaints, which are present on most days for at least …

Efficacy and acceptance of cognitive behavioral therapy in adults with chronic fatigue syndrome: a meta-analysis

F Maas genannt Bermpohl… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background The systematic aggregation of research on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) needs an update. Although meta-analyses evaluating …

[HTML][HTML] Unfavourable glucose metabolism is associated with functional somatic disorders. A cross-sectional general population-based study: The DanFunD study

TM Dantoft, SW Jørgensen, KB Wellnitz… - …, 2025 - Elsevier
Objectives Several studies have observed associations between unfavorable levels of blood
glucose metabolic markers (ie, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin …

[HTML][HTML] Is development and persistence of multiple physical symptoms associated with co**? A longitudinal study over a decade

I Raasthøj, DE Jarbøl, S Rasmussen… - General Hospital …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the development and persistence of multiple physical symptoms
(MPS) over a decade including the associations with sociodemographics and co** …