{"id":18218,"date":"2018-11-02T07:40:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=18218"},"modified":"2018-11-02T07:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:40:24","slug":"cfs-the-somatic-expression-of-emotional-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/cfs-the-somatic-expression-of-emotional-distress\/","title":{"rendered":"CFS &#038; the somatic expression of emotional distress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/30152867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chronic fatigue syndrome and the somatic expression of emotional distress: applying the concept of illusory mental health to address the controversy<\/a>,\u00a0by AD Bram, KA Gottschalk, WM Leeds <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> <em>J Clin Psychol.<\/em> 2018 Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print]<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>OBJECTIVE:<\/p>\n<p>The process of somatization in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was investigated using the concept of illusory mental health (IMH). IMH involves self-reporting low emotional distress alongside performance-based assessment of distress.<\/p>\n<p>METHOD:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16276 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pain-300x140.jpg?resize=300%2C140\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pain.jpg?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pain.jpg?resize=150%2C70&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pain.jpg?w=546&amp;ssl=1 546w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/140;\" \/>We studied IHM and physical symptoms in 175 women across four groups: (a) CFS plus depression; (b) CFS with no depression (CFS-ND); (c) depressive disorder without CFS; and (d) healthy controls (HC). IMH was assessed using a self-report measure plus the performance-based Early Memory Index (EMI).<\/p>\n<p>RESULTS:<\/p>\n<p>CFS-NDs were no more likely to have IMH compared with HCs. Among the CFS-NDs, IMH was associated with more physical symptoms. For CFS-NDs, EMI added meaningfully beyond self-reported mental health in predicting physical symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>CONCLUSION:<\/p>\n<p>Findings refute reducing CFS to somatization, but there is a subgroup of CFS whose lacking access to emotional distress is associated with heightened physical symptomatology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sci-hub.tw\/10.1002\/jclp.22692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chronic fatigue syndrome and the somatic expression of emotional distress: applying the concept of illusory mental health to address the controversy,\u00a0by AD Bram, KA Gottschalk, WM Leeds in J Clin Psychol. 2018 Aug 28. 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