Personality profile among symptomatic and recovered patients with neck sprain injury, measured by MCMI-I acutely and 6 months after car accidents

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-367

  Borchgrevink, Grethe E ^a   Stiles, Tore C ^a   Borchgrevink, Petter C ^a   Lereim, Inggard ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Car accidents; MCMI I; Neck sprain injuries; Personality; Psychiatric symptoms; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NECK INJURY; PAIN; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NECK INJURIES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0030976951     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(96)00352-2     Document Type: Article

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