Patients with generalized anxiety disorder and a history of trauma: Somatic symptom endorsement

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-215

  Brawman Mintzer, Olga ^a,d   Monnier, Jeannine ^a   Wolitzky, Kate B ^b   Falsetti, Sherry A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Childhood sexual assault; Generalized anxiety disorder; Somatic symptoms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 19944401567     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00131746-200505000-00010     Document Type: Article

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