Publications SOMA.SSD

  • Modifiable factors for somatic symptom persistence in patients with somatic symptom disorder: study protocol for a longitudinal cohort with an embedded ecologically momentary assessment (SOMA.SSD)
    Nestoriuc Y, Pauls F, Blankenburg K, Hahn S, Wittenbecher H, Löwe B, Toussaint A.
    BMJ Open. 2024; 17;14(11):e083500. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083500.

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  • Somatic symptom disorder: a scoping review on the empirical evidence of a new diagnosis.
    Löwe B, Levenson J, Depping M, Hüsing P, Kohlmann S, Lehmann M, Shedden-Mora M, Toussaint A, Uhlenbusch N, Weigel A.
    PSYCHOL MED. 2021 Nov 15:1-17.

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    Persistence rate of DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder: 4-year follow-up in patients from a psychosomatic outpatient clinic.
    Behm AC, Hüsing P, Löwe B, Toussaint A.
    COMPR PSYCHIATRY. 2021 Oct;110:152265.

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    Detecting DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder: criterion validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) and the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8) in combination with the Somatic Symptom Disorder - B Criteria Scale (SSD-12).
    Toussaint A, Hüsing P, Kohlmann S, Löwe B.
    PSYCHOL MED 2020; 50(2):324–33.

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    A European Research Agenda for Somatic Symptom Disorders, Bodily Distress Disorders, and Functional Disorders: Results of an Estimate-Talk-Estimate Delphi Expert Study.
    van der Feltz-Cornelis CM, Elfeddali I, Werneke U, Malt UF, van den Bergh O, Schaefert R,…, Löwe B.
    FRONT PSYCHIATRY 2018; 9:151.

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    Facilitating adherence to endocrine therapy in breast cancer: stability and predictive power of treatment expectations in a 2-year prospective study.
    Pan Y, Heisig SR, Blanckenburg P von, Albert U-S, Hadji P, Rief W, Nestoriuc Y.
    BREAST CANCER RES TREAT 2018; 168(3):667–77.

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    Validity of the Somatic Symptom Disorder-B Criteria Scale (SSD-12) in primary care.
    Toussaint A, Riedl B, Kehrer S, Schneider A, Löwe B, Linde K.
    FAM PRACT 2018; 35(3):342–7.

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    Functional Somatic Symptoms Across Cultures: Perceptual and Health Care Issues.
    Löwe B, Gerloff C.
    PSYCHOSOM MED 2018; 80(5):412–5.

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    Monitoring somatic symptoms in patients with mental disorders: Sensitivity to change and minimal clinically important difference of the Somatic Symptom Scale - 8 (SSS-8).
    Gierk B, Kohlmann S, Hagemann-Goebel M, Löwe B, Nestoriuc Y.
    GEN HOSP PSYCHIATRY 2017; 48:51–5.

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    Is it best to expect the worst? Influence of patients' side-effect expectations on endocrine treatment outcome in a 2-year prospective clinical cohort study.
    Nestoriuc Y, von Blanckenburg P, Schuricht F, Barsky AJ, Hadji P, Albert U-S et al.
    ANN ONCOL 2016; 27(10):1909–15.

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    Development and Validation of the Somatic Symptom Disorder-B Criteria Scale (SSD-12).
    Toussaint A, Murray AM, Voigt K, Herzog A, Gierk B, Kroenke K, Rief W, Henningsen P, Löwe B. PSYCHOSOM MED 2016;78(1):5-12.

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    Framing and personalizing informed consent to prevent negative expectations: An experimental pilot study.
    Heisig SR, Shedden-Mora MC, Hidalgo P, Nestoriuc Y.
    HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 2015; 34(10):1033–7.

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    Prediction of nonspecific side effects in rheumatoid arthritis patients by beliefs about medicines.
    Nestoriuc Y, Orav EJ, Liang MH, Horne R, Barsky AJ.
    ARTHRITIS CARE RES 2010; 62:791–9.

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  • Der alltägliche Symptomverlauf bei Personen mit Somatischer Belastungsstörung: Dynamische Assoziationen zwischen Symptomerwartungen, Symptombeeinträchtigung und Erwartungsframing
    [Everyday Symptom Fluctuations in Individuals With Somatic Symptom Disorder: Dynamic Associations Between Symptom Expectations, Symptom-Related Distress, and Expectation Framing]

    Hahn S, Nestoriuc Y, Wittenbecher H, Blankenburg K, Toussaint A, Löwe B, Pauls F.
    German Congress for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, 12.-14. March 2025, Berlin.
    [Lecture, 14. March 2025]

    Die Rolle der somatischen Komorbidität bei Patient:innen mit Somatischer Belastungsstörung: Querschnittliche Ergebnisse der SOMA.SSD-Studie
    [The Role of Somatic Comorbidity in Patients with Somatic Symptom Disorder: Cross-Sectional Results from the SOMA.SSD Study]
    Wittenbecher H, Nestoriuc Y, Hahn S, Blankenburg K, Pauls F, Strahl A, Löwe B, Toussaint A.
    German Congress for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, 12.-14. March 2025, Berlin.
    [Lecture, 13. March 2025]

    Time-dynamic associations between symptom-related expectations, self-management experiences, and somatic symptom severity in everyday life - An ecological momentary assessment study with university students
    Hahn S, Nestoriuc Y, Kirchhof S, Toussaint A, Löwe B, Pauls F.
    German Congress for Psychotherapy, 11.-15. June 2024, Berlin.
    [Poster]

    Improving the diagnostic criteria of somatic symptom disorder according to DSM-5 – protocol for a qualitative approach (SOMA.SSD)
    Toussaint A, Blankenburg K, Hahn S, Pauls F, Löwe B, Nestoriuc Y.
    European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, 15.-17. June 2023, Wroclaw.
    [Lecture, 15. June 2023]

    Modifizierbare Einflussfaktoren für persistierende Körperbeschwerden bei Somatischer Belastungsstörung: SOMACROSS Projekt 5
    [Modifiable Determinants of Persistent Bodily Distress in Somatic Symptom Disorder: SOMACROSS Project 5]
    Nestoriuc Y, Pauls F, Kirchhof S, Löwe B, Toussaint A, Blankenburg K.
    German Congress for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, 22.-24. June 2022, Berlin.
    [Lecture, 23. June 2022]

    Modifiable Factors for Somatic Symptom Persistence in Patients with Somatic Symptom Disorder - Study Protocol of SOMACROSS Research Unit Project 5 (SOMA.SSD)
    Kirchhof S, Blankenburg K, Löwe B, Nestoriuc Y, Toussaint A
    European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, 08.-11. June 2022, Vienna.
    [Lecture, 10. June 2022]