Cognitive behavioural therapy for medically unexplained physical symptoms: A randomised controlled trial

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7016, 1995, Pages 1328-

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

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c University Hospital Leisen ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028785367     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7016.1328     Document Type: Article

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