title: Investigation of Mental Health in Patients with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms‎.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Medically unexplained symptoms are physical symptoms, which cannot be explained by organic ‎causes. This study aimed to investigate mental health in patients with medically unexplained ‎physical symptoms. ‎
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred outpatients who were admitted to the Electro Diagnosis Clinic of Imam Khomeini ‎hospital, Ahvaz/Iran, participated in this study. Data were collected using physical examination, ‎paraclinical examinations, and SCL-90-R, and analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance ‎‎ (MANOVA), Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. ‎
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings revealed significant differences between clients with medically explained and ‎unexplained symptoms in obsessive compulsive and somatization (p<0.05). Differences in ‎depression, anxiety, phobia, psychosis, aggression and paranoia were not significant (p>0.05).‎
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study suggested an association between some psychological problems and somatic ‎symptoms. Therefore, screening for psychological impairments can improve clinical outcomes.‎.
authors.affiliation: ‎ Department of ‎ Psychiatry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Frough
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riahi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran‎
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Izadi-Mazidi
authors.affiliation: ‎ Department of ‎ Psychiatry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Niloufar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khajeddin
authors.affiliation: Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ahvaz, ‎Iran.
authors.forename: Shahriar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nasirzadeh
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran‎
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shafieian
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran‎
authors.forename: Ammar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Helalinasab
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran‎
authors.forename: Mozhgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deilamani
keywords: Electro Diagnosis; Medically Unexplained Symptom; Mental Health