Medically unexplained somatic symptoms in different cultures: A preliminary report from phase i of the world health organization international study of somatoform disorders

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 88-93

  Isaac, Mohan ^a,e   Janca, Aleksandar ^a   Burke, Kimberly Christie ^b   Costa e Silva, Jorge Alberto ^a   Acuda, Stanley Wilson ^c   Altamura, A Carlo ^d   Burke, Jack D ^b   Chandrashekar, C R ^e   Miranda, Claudio T ^f   Tacchini, Gianluigi ^g  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Texas A and M Medical School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Pain; Somatization; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0028865449     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000288996     Document Type: Article

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