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Heli M. Peekna
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 2
Citations - 705
Heli M. Peekna is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Risk assessment & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 609 citations.
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Somatic Symptom Reporting in Women and Men
TL;DR: Women report more intense, more numerous, and more frequent bodily symptoms than men, and general internists need to keep these factors in mind in obtaining the clinical history, understanding the meaning and significance that symptoms hold for each patient, and providing symptom relief.
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Hypochondriacal Patients’ Appraisal of Health and Physical Risks
Arthur J. Barsky,David K. Ahern,E. Duff Bailey,Ralph Saintfort,Elizabeth B. Liu,Heli M. Peekna +5 more
TL;DR: Perceived risk was significantly associated with the self-reported tendency to amplify benign bodily sensations and an exaggerated appraisal of risk, jeopardy, and vulnerability to disease may be part of the cognitive distortion seen in hypochondriasis.