Diagnosis and treatment of somatization disorder and undifferentiated somatization disorder - A literature review;Diagnostik und therapie der somatisierungsstörung und undifferenzierten somatisierungsstörung - Eine übersicht zur empirischen literatur

Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-232

  Sack, Martin ^a   Loew, Thomas ^b   Scheidt, Carl Eduard ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Review; Somatization Disorder; Treatment; Undifferentiated Somatization Disorder

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0031827906     PISSN: 14383608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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