Somatization, dissociation, and tension-reducing behaviors in psychiatric outpatients

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Farley, Melissa ^a   Barkan, Howard ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse health practices; Health risk behaviors; Posttraumatic; Somatoform disorders; Stress disorders; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMBULATORY CARE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMBULATORY CARE; AROUSAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0030635064     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289123     Document Type: Article

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