Hypochondriasis: An Evaluation of the DSM-III Criteria in Medical Outpatients

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 493-500

  Barsky, Arthur J ^a   Wyshak, Grace ^b   Klerman, Gerald L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MANUALS; MIDDLE AGE; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0022460428     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1986.01800050099013     Document Type: Article

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