Table 2.
The severity of psychiatric illness in both somatisers and psychologisers
| Somatisers | Psychologisers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | TWS Mean±SD | TWS Mean±SD | p-Value |
| Generalised anxiety disorder | 22.9±5.9 | 29.3±8.7 | <0.001 |
| Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder | 31.6±9.0 | 31.1±9.1 | NS |
| Depressive episode | 6.4±7.7 | 25.0±4.7 | 0.029 |
| Recurrent depressive disorder | 27.5±4.5 | 33.3±6.9 | <0.001 |
| Dysthymia | 22.2±1.1 | 27.7±5.9 | <0.001 |
| Brief depressive reaction | 24.4±6.4 | 28.5±9.4 | <0.001 |
| Prolonged depressive reaction | 29.3±6.4 | 29.6±8.1 | NS |
| Somatisation disorder | 25.7±4.0 | a | – |
| Obsessive compulsive disorder | a | 36.0±0 | – |
| Social phobia | a | 29.0±0 | – |
a
No reported cases.
Note: NS, not significant; TWS, total weighted score.