Bottlenecks in the diagnosis of hypochondriasis

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 306-315

  Schmidt, A J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; OBSESSION; PANIC; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0028263335     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-440X(94)90024-8     Document Type: Article

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