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Gernot Langs
Publications - 11
Citations - 357
Gernot Langs is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Somatic symptom disorder & DSM-5. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 10 publications receiving 314 citations.
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Standardization of depression measurement: a common metric was developed for 11 self-report depression measures.
Inka Wahl,Bernd Löwe,Jakob B. Bjorner,Felix Fischer,Gernot Langs,Ulrich Voderholzer,Stephen A. Aita,Niels Bergemann,Elmar Brähler,Matthias Rose,Matthias Rose,Matthias Rose +11 more
TL;DR: An IRT-based instrument-independent metric for depression severity enables direct comparisons among established measures and simplifies the interpretation of depression assessment by identifying key thresholds for clinical and epidemiologic decision making and facilitates integrative psychometric research across studies, including meta-analysis.
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Towards positive diagnostic criteria: A systematic review of somatoform disorder diagnoses and suggestions for future classification
TL;DR: Comparing the validity and clinical utility of current and several new diagnostic proposals of those somatoform disorders that focus on medically unexplained somatic symptoms suggests that, of all current and new diagnostic suggestions, complex somatic symptom disorder and the CISSD definition appear to have advantages regarding validity andclinical utility.
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Predictive validity and clinical utility of DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder--comparison with DSM-IV somatoform disorders and additional criteria for consideration.
Katharina Voigt,Eileen Wollburg,Nina Weinmann,Annabel Herzog,Björn Meyer,Gernot Langs,Bernd Löwe +6 more
TL;DR: Psychological symptoms enhance predictive validity and clinical utility of DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder compared to DSM-IV somatoform disorders and identifies more psychologically impaired patients than its DSM- IV precursor.
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Predictive validity and clinical utility of DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder: prospective 1-year follow-up study.
Katharina Voigt,Eileen Wollburg,Nina Weinmann,Annabel Herzog,Björn Meyer,Gernot Langs,Bernd Löwe +6 more
TL;DR: Psychological symptoms appear to be predictively valid diagnostic criteria for the 12-month functional outcome in patients with SSD and mental functioning can be better predicted by the DSM-5 diagnosis than by DSM-IV diagnoses.
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Psychological and interactional characteristics of patients with somatoform disorders: Validation of the Somatic Symptoms Experiences Questionnaire (SSEQ) in a clinical psychosomatic population
Annabel Herzog,Katharina Voigt,Björn Meyer,Eileen Wollburg,Nina Weinmann,Gernot Langs,Bernd Löwe +6 more
TL;DR: The SSEQ appears to be a reliable, valid, and efficient instrument to assess a broad range of psychological and interactional features related to the experience of somatic symptoms.