Prediction of treatment outcome of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders by the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 166-173

  Porcelli, Piero ^a   De Carne, Massimo ^a   Todarello, Orlando ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Demoralization; Diagnostic criteria, psychosomatic research; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Health anxiety; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1842612518     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076454     Document Type: Article

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