Open AccessA life-stress, emotional awareness, and expression interview for primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms: A randomized controlled trial.
Author(s) -
Maisa S. Ziadni,
Jennifer N. Carty,
Heather Doherty,
John H. Porcerelli,
Lisa J. Rapport,
Howard Schubiner,
Mark A. Lumley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000566
Subject(s) - psycinfo , randomized controlled trial , stressor , emotional expression , clinical psychology , expressed emotion , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , medline , developmental psychology , political science , law
Lifetime trauma, relationship adversities, and emotional conflicts are elevated in primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), and these risk factors likely trigger or exacerbate symptoms. Helping patients disclose stressors, increase awareness and expression of inhibited emotions, and link emotions to physical symptoms may improve health. We developed an emotional awareness and expression interview that targets stressful life experiences and conflicts and then tested its effects on primary care patients with MUS.