Emotional abuse, self-blame, and self-silencing in women with irritable bowel syndrome

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-82

  Ali, Alisha ^a,b   Toner, Brenda B ^a   Stuckless, Noreen ^a   Gallop, Ruth ^a   Diamant, Nicholas E ^a   Gould, Michael I ^a   Vidins, Eva I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotional abuse; Functional somatic syndromes; Irritable bowel syndrome; Self silencing; Selfblame

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0034006377     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200001000-00011     Document Type: Article

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