Increasing the treatment motivation of patients with somatic symptom disorder: applying the URICA-S scale

Therapeutic intervention programs for somatic symptom disorder (SSD) show only small-to-moderate effect sizes. These effects are partly explained by the motivational problems of SSD patients. Hence, fostering treatment motivation could increase treatment success. One central aspect in SSD patients m...

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Hauptverfasser: Mander, Johannes (VerfasserIn) , Schaller, Georg (VerfasserIn) , Bents, Hinrich (VerfasserIn) , Dinger, Ulrike (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 3 July 2017
In: BMC psychiatry
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 17
ISSN:1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-017-1400-5
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1400-5
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1400-5
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Verfasserangaben:Johannes Mander, Georg Schaller, Hinrich Bents, Ulrike Dinger, Stephan Zipfel and Florian Junne
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Zusammenfassung:Therapeutic intervention programs for somatic symptom disorder (SSD) show only small-to-moderate effect sizes. These effects are partly explained by the motivational problems of SSD patients. Hence, fostering treatment motivation could increase treatment success. One central aspect in SSD patients might be damage to motivation because of symptomatic relapses. Consequently, the aim of the present study was to investigate associations between motivational relapse struggle and therapeutic outcome in SSD patients.
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ISSN:1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-017-1400-5