Tim Brunson DCH

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Are patients with somatization disorder highly suggestible?



OBJECTIVE: High suggestibility is widely regarded as an important feature of patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), particularly those with multiple MUS [i.e. somatization disorder (SD)], although there are few empirical data attesting to this assumption. A study was therefore conducted to compare levels of non-hypnotic suggestibility in patients with SD and medical controls. METHOD: A modified version of the Barber Suggestibility Scale was administered to 19 patients with SD and 17 controls with an established organic dystonia. RESULTS: Patients with SD were no more suggestible than control patients. Dystonia controls were more likely to deliberately comply with suggestions than the SD patients. CONCLUSION: Contrary to popular belief, high suggestibility is not necessarily a feature of SD.

Brown RJ, Schrag A, Krishnamoorthy E, Trimble MR. Academic Division of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. richard.james.brown@manchester.ac.uk Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2008 Mar;117(3):232-5.

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