Investigation of Mental Health in Patients with Medically ‎Unexplained Physical Symptoms‎

Medically unexplained symptoms are physical symptoms, which cannot be explained by organic ýcauses. This study aimed to investigate mental health in patients with medically unexplained ýphysical symptoms. ý
One hundred outpatients who were admitted to the Electro Diagnosis Clinic of Imam Khomeini ýhospital, Ahvaz/Iran, participated in this study. Data were collected using physical examination, ýparaclinical examinations, and SCL-90-R, and analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance ýý (MANOVA), Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. ý
The findings revealed significant differences between clients with medically explained and ýunexplained symptoms in obsessive compulsive and somatization (p0.05).ý
The present study suggested an association between some psychological problems and somatic ýsymptoms. Therefore, screening for psychological impairments can improve clinical outcomes.