Idiopathic environmental intolerances (formerly multiple chemical sensitivity) psychiatric perspectives

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-321

  Bornschein, S ^a,b   Forst H ^a   Zilker, T ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Klinik II   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour therapy; Idiopathic environmental intolerances; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALGORITHM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; IDIOPATHIC ENVIRONMENTAL INTOLERANCE; INTROVERSION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0034793306     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00870.x     Document Type: Review

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