Frequent attender profiles: Different clinical subgroups among frequent attender patients in primary care

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-166

  Karlsson, Hasse ^a   Joukamaa, Matti ^a   Lahti, Ilpo ^b   Lehtinen, Ville ^c   Kokki Saarinen, Tarja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Frequent attenders; Multidimensional assessment; Primary care; Psychiatric morbidity; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030936678     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(96)00287-5     Document Type: Article

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