The difficult patient: Prevalence, psychopathology, and functional impairment

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Hahn, Steven R ^a,h   Kroenke, Kurt ^b   Spitzer, Robert L ^c,d   Brody, David ^e   Williams, Janet B W ^c,d   Linzer, Mark ^f   DeGruy III, Frank Verloin ^g  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e MERCY CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Universety of South Alabama   (United States)

^h JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult Doctor Patient Relationship Questionnaire (DDPRQ); difficult patients; Doctor patient relationship; PRIME MD; psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030050015     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02603477     Document Type: Article

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