Disability, distress and unemployment in neurology outpatients with symptoms 'unexplained by organic disease'

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Authors

Alan Carson · University of Edinburgh

Jon Stone · University of Edinburgh

C. Hibberd · University of Edinburgh

Gordon Murray · University of Edinburgh

Roderick Duncan · Southern General Hospital

R. Coleman · Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

C Warlow ·

Abstract

New neurology patients with symptoms unexplained by organic disease have more disability-, distress- and disability-related state financial benefits than patients with symptoms explained by disease.

Topics & Keywords

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Decent work and economic growth

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Volume 82, Issue 7, pp. 810-813

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.220640

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