Chronic pain presenting as major depression in a cross-cultural setting

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-76

  Alberque, C ^a   Eytan, A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Culture; Depression; Osteomalacia; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; NOCICEPTION; OSTEOMALACIA; SYMPTOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034881137     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/3T68-99R0-QBVL-FNN0     Document Type: Article

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