Somatized mental disorder among primary care Arab patients: I. Prevalence and clinical and sociodemographic characteristics

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 549-555

  El Rufaie, Omer E F ^a   Al Sabosy, Moza M A ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a   Abuzeid, Mohamed S O ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arab patients; Prevalence; Primary health care; Psychologized mental disorder; Somatized mental disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0033150390     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(98)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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