Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Psychiatry 1735-4587 11 1 2016 02 23 24 29 EN Frough Riahi Department of Psychiatry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Maryam Izadi-mazidi Department of Clinical Psychology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran Niloufar Khajeddin Department of Psychiatry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Shahriar Nasirzadeh Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran Fatemeh Shafieian School of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Ammar Helalinasab School of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Mozhgan Deilamani School of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 2016 02 22 Objective: Medically unexplained symptoms are physical symptoms, which cannot be explained by organic ‎causes. This study aimed to investigate mental health in patients with medically unexplained ‎physical symptoms. ‎ Method: One hundred outpatients who were admitted to the Electro Diagnosis Clinic of Imam Khomeini ‎hospital, Ahvaz/Iran, participated in this study. Data were collected using physical examination, ‎paraclinical examinations, and SCL-90-R, and analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance ‎‎ (MANOVA), Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. ‎ Results: The findings revealed significant differences between clients with medically explained and ‎unexplained symptoms in obsessive compulsive and somatization (p<0.05). Differences in ‎depression, anxiety, phobia, psychosis, aggression and paranoia were not significant (p>0.05).‎ Conclusion: The present study suggested an association between some psychological problems and somatic ‎symptoms. Therefore, screening for psychological impairments can improve clinical outcomes. https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/622 https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/download/622/543