How disabled are patients with somatoform disorders?

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 432-438

  Hiller, Wolfgang ^a   Rief, Winfried ^a   Fichter, Manfred M ^a  

^a Center for Behavioral Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0031456807     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(97)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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