Social, blood/injury, and agoraphobic fears in patients with physically unexplained chronic pain: Are they clinically significant?

Anxiety

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-33

  Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a   Norton, G Ron ^b   Jacobson, Steve J ^a  

^a Wascana Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Chronic pain; Fear; Social phobia; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISABLED PERSON; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030325350     PISSN: 10709797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7154(1996)2:1<28::AID-ANXI4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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