Issues in the identification of XXXX .

@entity1 @entity3010 @entity1109 @entity308
Lack of information about the natural history of the @entity3010 may make efforts regarding classification and treatment misguided. Thus, we report a naturalistic and noninstrusive approach to the problem of identification of the @entity3010 , with particular focus on the issue of compliance with 2 months of daily prospective recordkeeping. Seventy-nine @entity1 presenting for treatment of severe @entity1109 were evaluated with a structured interview, psychological tests, and 2 months of daily prospective ratings of their symptoms. Weekly group follow-up meetings were held to foster compliance with recordkeeping. The typical @entity1 seeking treatment for @entity1109 in this study was middle-aged, highly educated, highly functioning, living in an urban setting, either married with @entity1 and family responsibilities or single and living alone, and supporting herself by a high-level job. She was anxious and @entity308 with multiple medical and gynecological problems. Despite a highly stressful life, she functioned at a very high level, but had consulted mental health professionals in the past. In general, she did not want medication. Consistent with other reports, only 20% of @entity1 seeking treatment for @entity1109 had a @entity3010 prospectively confirmed on the basis of 2 months of daily ratings. However, 81% of those with a prospectively confirmed @entity3010 stated that after the 2-month evaluation period their symptoms no longer interfered with their functioning.
