title: Diagnosis and treatment of psychologic symptoms and psychiatric disorders in patients with dizziness and imbalance.
abstract: Patients with dizziness and psychopathology present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to clinicians in several specialties. Clinical research is beginning to define the medical-psychiatric interactions that produce many of these patients' symptoms. Treatment research is still in its infancy. A model of illness progression is presented to guide physicians through the evaluation of this patient population. Treatment recommendations are based on current clinical experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Balance Center, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. jstaab@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Staab
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*