Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms: A Pilot Study

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Speckens, Anne E M ^a   Spinhoven, Philip ^a   Hawton, Keith E ^b   Bolk, Jan H ^a   Van Hemert, Albert M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002933236     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1352465800016799     Document Type: Article

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