"It is not just in your mind" - Improving physician-patient communication in individuals with persistent somatic symptoms

Maria Kleinstäuber; Michael A Diefenbach; Winfried Rief

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111580

"It is not just in your mind" - Improving physician-patient communication in individuals with persistent somatic symptoms

J Psychosom Res. 2023 Dec 23:111580. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111580. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Maria Kleinstäuber¹, Michael A Diefenbach², Winfried Rief³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University, Logan, USA. Electronic address: maria.kleinstaeuber@usu.edu.
² Institute of Health System Science at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 600 Community Dr, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
³ Dept. of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

PMID: 38176986
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111580

No abstract available

Keywords: Communication skills; Explanatory model; Persistent somatic symptoms; Physician-patient communication; Symptom perception; Therapeutic alliance.

Publication types

Editorial