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

Abstract Background 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 aspe...

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Main Authors: Johannes Mander, Georg Schaller, Hinrich Bents, Ulrike Dinger, Stephan Zipfel, Florian Junne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-017-1400-5