DSM-IV Pain Disorder: A case against the diagnosis

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-98

  Sullivan, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACE PAIN; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0034031640     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260050007408     Document Type: Review

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