Cognitive-behavioral therapy for somatization and symptom syndromes: A critical review of controlled clinical trials

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 205-215

  Kroenke, Kurt ^a,b   Swindle, Ralph ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Psychophysiologic disorders; Somatization; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034125968     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012395     Document Type: Article

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