Treatment of patients with chronic somatic symptoms by means of art psychotherapy: A process description

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-56

  Theorell, Töres ^a,b   Konarski, Kristoffer ^a   Westerlund, Hugo ^a   Burell, Ann Margret ^a   Engström, Robert ^a   Lagercrantz, Ann Mari ^a   Teszary, Judith ^a   Thulin, Karin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Art psychotherapy; Depression; Emotional expression; Psychosomatic chronic disorder; State anxiety; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ART; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ART THERAPY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031984516     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012259     Document Type: Article

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