Somatic symptoms after a natural disaster: A prospective study

Javier I. Escobar; Glorisa Canino; Maritza Rubio-Stipec; Milagros Bravo

Somatic symptoms after a natural disaster: A prospective study

Javier I. Escobar, Glorisa Canino, Maritza Rubio-Stipec, Milagros Bravo

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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)
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

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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