title: Value of clinico-psychiatric assessment in the diagnosis of chronic intractable pain in abdomen.
abstract: To evaluate the role of psychiatric illness in patients with chronic abdominal pain, 50 patients with this symptom were subjected to thorough clinical examination, detailed investigations and Goldberg's 60-item General Health Questionnaire. Those scoring 12 in this questionnaire were subjected to a detailed psychiatric evaluation. Sixteen (32%) patients had pure organic illnesses, 8 (16%) had organic illness with associated psychiatric factors and 26 (52%) had definite psychiatric illness. We conclude that chronic abdominal pain is often associated with psychiatric illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, S P Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kachhwaha
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Chadda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales