Sexual and physical abuse in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: A test of the trauma hypothesis

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 378-386

  Ciccone, Donald S ^a   Elliott, Deborah K ^a   Chandler, Helena K ^a   Nayak, Sangeetha ^a   Raphael, Karen G ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community sample; Fibromyalgia syndrome; Major depression; Posttraumatic stress; Sexual and physical abuse

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; STANDARDIZATION; THINKING;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 24144487026     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000149796.08746.ea     Document Type: Article

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