Psychological manifestations of vertigo: A pilot prospective observational study in a Portuguese population

International Tinnitus Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-47

  Vaz Garcia, Fernando ^a,b   Coelho, Maria Helena ^a   Figueira, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Particular de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Postural phobic vertigo; Psychogenic vertigo; Psychopathological self assessment scales

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PANIC; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VERTIGO;

EID: 0038504820     PISSN: 09465448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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