Letters
Painful bladder syndrome
Role of psychological factors
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b3424 (Published 25 August 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3424
- Timothy R Nicholson, honorary SpR in psychiatry1,
- Richard A Kanaan, honorary consultant psychiatrist1,
- Simon Wessely, head1
- 1Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF
- timothy.nicholson{at}kcl.ac.uk
In their review of the management of painful bladder syndrome Marinkovic and colleagues highlight the syndrome as a common and debilitating set of urological symptoms lacking explanatory cystoscopic abnormalities.1 They document its strong association with sexual abuse, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and, strikingly, a 100-fold increased risk of …
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