Do general practitioners believe that their older patients physical symptoms are somatized?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-316

  Sheehan, Bart ^a   Bass, Christopher ^a   Briggs, Richard ^a   Jacoby, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequent attendance; Older; Primary care; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 1842523150     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00375-1     Document Type: Article

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