Treatment of somatization in primary care

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-258

  McLeod, Caroline C ^a   Budd, Matthew A ^b   McClelland, David C ^c  

^a Hlth Care Ptnrs/Bay Shores Med G   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030865274     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(97)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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