Group psychotherapy for women molested in childhood: Psychological and somatic symptoms and medical visits

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-541

  Longstreth, George F ^a,b,d   Mason, Cheri ^a   Schreiber, Isabel G ^a   Tsao Wei, Denice ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOMATIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 0031752396     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207284.1998.11491571     Document Type: Article

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