Hearts, guts and minds: Somatisation in the military from 1900

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-429

  Jones, Edgar ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Disordered action of the heart; Dyspepsia; Effort syndrome; Hysteria; Shell shock

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERSION DISORDER; HUMAN; MILITARY SERVICE; PENSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; WAR;

EID: 1842850611     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00626-3     Document Type: Article

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