Alexithymia and somatosensory amplification in functional dyspepsia

Psychosomatics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 508-516

  Jones, Michael P ^a   Schettler, Ann ^b   Olden, Kevin ^b   Crowell, Michael D ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 16544390885     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.45.6.508     Document Type: Article

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