Causal attributions for somatic sensations in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and their partners

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-105

  Butler, J A ^a,b   Chalder, T ^a   Wessely, S ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC SOMATIC THERAPIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0035159414     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799003001     Document Type: Article

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