Psychiatric morbidity among medical out-patients in Kuwait: Evaluation of a somatic inventory to identify the psychiatric from the non-psychiatric patients

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-28

  Zahid, M A ^a   Motaal, M A A ^b   Razik, M A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bradford Somatic Inventory (BSI); Psychiatric morbidity; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRADFORD SOMATIC INVENTORY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034949804     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050335     Document Type: Article

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