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Psychological aspects of clinical care in endocrine disease remain under-researched despite their important implications for disease onset, acute illness distress, and convalescence.
Highlights the need for increased attention to psychological distress and quality of life in the clinical care of patients with endocrine diseases.
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Psychological factors merit clinical attention in endocrine care; leaves open the efficacy of targeted interventions.
Despite an upsurge of research in psychoneuroendocrinology, there has been very little interest in the psychological aspects of clinical care in endocrine disease. The clinical and research implications of quality of life in endocrinology (life events preceding disease onset, psychological distress associated with acute illness and convalescence, abnormal illness behavior) are discussed.
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Sonino et al. (2010) studied this question. Psychological aspects of clinical care in endocrine disease remain under-researched despite their important implications for disease onset, acute illness distress, and convalescence.
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