Clinical factors associated with short-term changes in outcome of patients with somatized mental disorder in primary care

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 703-711

  Downes Grainger, E ^b   Morriss, R ^a   Gask, L ^b   Faragher, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031776671     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006552     Document Type: Article

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