Effects of guided written disclosure of stressful experiences on clinic visits and symptoms in frequent clinic attenders

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-166

  Gidron, Yori ^a   Duncan, Elaine ^a   Lazar, Alon ^a   Biderman, Aya ^b   Tandeter, Howard ^b   Shvartzman, Pesach ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinic visits; Frequent attenders; Memory shift; Somatization; Written disclosure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS; SYMPTOM; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 0036206910     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.2.161     Document Type: Article

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