Treating medically unexplained physical symptoms. Effective interventions are available

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7108, 1997, Pages 561-562

  Mayou, Richard ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MYALGIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTIGO;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0030821536     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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