title: [Epidemiologic findings on the spontaneous long-term course of psychogenic disease over 10 years].
abstract: 207 individuals were selected from a random sample of the adult urban population of Mannheim according to the criterion of medium psychogenic impairment (high-risk population) and investigated three times between 1979 and 1991 with regard to prevalence and severity of psychogenic disorders. In contrast to clinical investigations, the present data render statements on the spontaneous course of psychogenic disorders in the general population. The existing psychogenic impairment was determined by means of various operationalizations (symptomatology, ICD-diagnoses, severity of impairment). The available data indicate a high stability of psychogenic impairment in the spontaneous course. Group statistically the severity of impairment even increases in the long term course. However, different subtypes of course in the investigated high-risk population can be identified by a cluster analysis.
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatische Klinik am Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schepank
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reister
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schellberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Epidemiologische Befunde zum Langzeitspontanverlauf psychogener Erkrankung über 10 Jahre.