Abstract
The authors prospectively examined the prevalence of somatization symptoms among community respondents after a natural disaster in Puerto Rico. Exposure to the disaster was related to a higher prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms, particularly gastrointestinal ones (abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, excessive gas) and pseudoneurological ones (amnesia, paralysis, fainting, unusual spells/double vision).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 965-967 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American Journal of Psychiatry |
Volume | 149 |
Issue number | 7 |
State | Published - 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Psychiatry and Mental health