Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:1222-1223
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
DSM-III diagnoses associated with dyspepsia of unknown cause
G Magni, F di Mario, G Bernasconi and G Mastropaolo
The frequencies of DSM-III diagnoses in 30 patients with dyspepsia of
unknown origin and 20 patients with organic dyspepsia were compared.
Dyspepsia of unknown origin was associated with a higher prevalence of
psychiatric diagnoses (86.7% versus 25.0%), particularly anxiety
disturbances (66.7%).
