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1Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. paivi.niemi@utu.fi
Objective:
Somatizing patients often report cognitive complaints but neuropsychological research on somatization is scarce. We investigated somatizing patients for functioning in different cognitive domains.
Method:
Ten female patients with somatization disorder or undifferentiated somatoform disorder and 10 non-somatizing controls participated in neuropsychological examinations.
Results:
The patients performed at a lower level than the controls in tests involving semantic memory, verbal episodic memory and visuo-spatial tasks, and were slower in attentional tasks.
Conclusion:
Somatization patients may suffer from substantial problems in cognitive performance.
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