The relationship between ataque de nervios and unexplained neurological symptoms: A preliminary analysis

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-39

  Interian, Alejandro ^a   Guarnaccia, Peter J ^b   Vega, William A ^a   Gara, Michael A ^a   Like, Robert C ^a   Escobar, Javier I ^a   Díaz Martínez, Angélica M ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural equivalency; Hispanic Latino; Medically unexplained symptoms; Psychiatric diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANIC; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 11844292044     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000149216.29035.31     Document Type: Article

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