1. Social Aspects in Psychosomatic

2. Is disease real or is it in the mind?

3. a psychiatric disorder co-morbid with physical illness is associated with low recovery rates, poor functioning and health-related quality of life, increased utilization of medical services and increased health costs, lost productivity, and greater mortality

4. Physical illness, in particular chronic physical illness, and multiple medical conditions have been found to predict the persistence of psychiatric disorder

5. severity of the mental disorder, poor mental functioning, demographic factors (age and gender), social vulnerability (low-level education, lower socioeconomic status, and living without a partner), psychobiological vulnerability (e.g., previous psychiatric illness and family psychiatric history), personality (avoidant or dependent), and sustaining factors (e.g., further negative life events and lack of social support)  predictors of the persistence of psychiatric disorder

7. Family psychiatric history predicted a lower remission of depression
Higher level of education predicted persistence of depressive disorder
A lower educational level predicted persistence of depressive disorder.
A higher educational level also predicted persistence of somatoform disorders

8. Higher education has been found to be associated with lower prevalence rates of mental disorders
Higher education are less at risk for developing psychiatric disorders, but more at risk for persistence if they do develop them.

9. Physical illness is a strong predictor of depression
Lower denial score predicted persistence of anxiety disorders
People with anxiety disorders may exhibit dependent personality traits
The relationships of persistently distressed patients have been found to worsen over time

10. poor perceived social support is associated with persistent anxiety