Symptom attribution and the recognition of psychiatric morbidity

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-160

  Bower, Peter ^a   West, Robert ^b   Tylee, Andre ^c   Hann, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Diagnosis; Primary care; Symptom attribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0034034472     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(99)00099-9     Document Type: Article

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