General practitioners frequently encounter patients with functional disorders. The authors discuss the specific aspects of the management of this population in general practice, through the lens of the five functions that define this discipline. A classification of functional disorders and the analysis of prognostic factors are of great value in deciding on therapeutic strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) represent a vulnerable population, disproportionately affected by mental health issues, a higher exposure to violence and a higher prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, for some subgroups. Derived from medical anthropology, the concept of a syndemic consists in the clustering and interaction between multiple health conditions through adverse social conditions such as discrimination or precarity. Confronted to the multitude of adverse conditions affecting SGM, this framework is pertinent to study their health and to propose interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMen who have sex with Men (MSM) represent a population affected by numerous health conditions. Syndemic theory has been used as a framework to study the health of MSM for nearly 20 years. However, the literature is plagued by a lack of consensus regarding what constitutes a synergy in a syndemic and recent reviews have shown that most of the papers published thus far have failed to demonstrate a synergy nor describe the bio-social interaction needed to account for a true syndemic.
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