Review article: Somatization Disorders in emergency department: A critical overview of current challenges and future directions
Garde, Vidula, Churchill, Meryl, Greenslade, Jaimi, Watt, Kerrianne, Mallett, Andrew J., and Morel, Douglas (2025) Review article: Somatization Disorders in emergency department: A critical overview of current challenges and future directions. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 37 (1). e70009.
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Abstract
Individuals with Somatization Disorders present frequently to the ED with non-cardiac chest pain, non-specific abdominal pain, headaches and a range of other non-specific symptoms. Somatization Disorder presentations are ubiquitous within the healthcare system. Seen as belonging to ‘no man's land’, these disorders, are often diagnosed and treated by different medical subspecialities. This characteristic of Somatization Disorders creates challenges regarding their diagnosis and management across emergency care settings. The current review explores the scope of the problem and, the challenges inherent in diagnosing and treating these disorders in ED environments. Based on available evidence and the essential character of these disorders, future directions are suggested for more effective emergency management and possible referral from ED.
| Item ID: | 88356 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1742-6723 |
| Keywords: | diagnostic algorithm for somatization, functional somatic symptoms, high value care, somatic symptoms in ED, somatization in ED |
| Copyright Information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Emergency Medicine Australasia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2026 01:23 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320207 Emergency medicine @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200105 Treatment of human diseases and conditions @ 100% |
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