Psychological symptoms, somatic symptoms, and psychiatric disorder in chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: A prospective study in the primary care setting

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1050-1059

  Wessely, Simon ^a   Chalder, Trudie ^b   Hirsch, Steven ^b   Wallace, Paul ^b   Wright, David ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029832981     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.8.1050     Document Type: Article

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